Oil on canvas, signed at lower right, presented in a carved wood frame.

Stretcher size 16 x 20 in.; Frame dimensions 19 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.

From the Collection of Mr. Jonathan P. Alcott, Raleigh, North Carolina

Maurice John "Jack" Lenhardt was born and raised in Illinois, where he attended Wabash College. Upon graduating, Jack served as a camouflage engineer in the U.S. military, using his artistic abilities to create illusions, hiding American assets. Lenhardt was a professor at The Citadel from 1949 to 1971 and was commissioned to paint two works that now hang on display on the Citadel's campus. He was also commissioned to paint a full life-size portrait of U.S. Congressman Lucius Mendel Rivers, of South Carolina which now resides in the permanent collection of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Professionally varnished and retouched in 2006, summary of conservation affixed to verso.