Soldier

Title: Soldier
Type: Image
Creator: Northwest Regional Library System
Date: 2003
Description: The Blake Masters collection consists of two framed original paintings by local artist, Blake Masters. The first is titled "U.S.S. Restless Fires on St. Andrews" dated 2003. On December 11, 1863, the settlement of St. Andrews with its thirty-two buildings and Carolina Bayou bridge, was burned to the ground by Union forces. Among the ships was the U.S.S. Restless, depicted in the painting. This attack occurred following the St. Andrews skirmish of March 1863, in which a party of thirteen Union soldiers were attacked by Confederates, injuring nine and killing three. The area around St. Andrews was a vital resource for Confederate forces during the Civil War, for salt production and blockade runners. The second painting by Blake Masters is titled "Turpentine Wagon". The turpentine industry in Bay County spanned from around 1900 to the 1930s, and was an important part of the economy during this period. Turpentine also known as naval stores, was harvested from the bounty of long leaf pines in North Florida, and had a variety of uses, most notably for waterproofing seams and joints on wood boats and ships. Masters used a library photograph as his inspiration for the painting, it is picture number, 157-1-2, title in the library catalog is "Naval Stores Industry." Gift of Blake Masters.
Format: image of painting