It's Gone When It Passes Here

It's Gone When It Passes Here, is an original watercolor 22' X 15 on 300-pound Kilimanjaro cold press paper using American Journey and Davinci... more

by Virgil Carter

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Price

$850

Dimensions

22.000 x 15.000 inches

Title

It's Gone When It Passes Here

Artist

Virgil Carter

Medium

Painting - Watercolor

Description

"It's Gone When It Passes Here", is an original watercolor 22' X 15" on 300-pound Kilimanjaro cold press paper using American Journey and Davinci paints. The painting is an expressive look at the Hagley Museum in Wilmington, DE, where the du Pont family began In 1802, when French immigrant Eleuthère Irénée du Pont founded black powder mills on the banks of Brandywine Creek. He chose the location for the river's tumble over the Fall Line which provided power, timber and willow trees (used to produce quality charcoal required for superior black powder), the proximity to the Delaware River (on which other ingredients of the powder – sulfur and saltpeter – could be shipped); and the quarries of gneiss which would provide building materials for the mills. The E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company's black powder factory became the largest in the world.

In 1921, the mills along the Brandywine closed and parcels of the property were sold. Plans for a museum were established 31 years later, on the occasion of the DuPont Company's 150th anniversary in 1952.

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June 7th, 2018