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First edition, first printing paperback, which is in as new condition. Please see photos for condition. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap and ship it with tracking.In 2004, The White House Historical Association commissioned Tom Freeman, one of the most prolific painters of historical subjects in the United States, to paint a panoramic representation of the White House in flames at the hands of the British on the night of August 24, 1814. Freeman studied the literature, consulted with historians, and researched the British uniforms and the fire dynamics. He succeeded in bringing us back in time to the moments when the flames consumed a landmark at the symbolic heart of the young democracy—he captured the roaring orange flames made more ferocious in contrast with darkest indigoes of a stormy sky. We see the torches, the broken windows, the burning interiors, and collapsing roof. Two centuries later, we have become witnesses to the fire. Ten years after the original commission was made,…
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The Night They Burned the White House - The Story of Tom Freeman's Painting Paperback - 2014
by William Seale
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- Title The Night They Burned the White House - The Story of Tom Freeman's Painting
- Author William Seale
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- Edition First edition
- Publisher White House Historical Association
- Date 2014
- ISBN 9781931917421
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