A.P. Hill and His Red Battle Shirt art-code-18/50 Copper and German Silver multi

Copper and German Silver multi animal design inlaid into a sterling silver cuff

such as the bear for finding healing herbs

from Otis Art Institute

The shape and curve of the neck reminded me of a nautilus shell

This painting is based on the story of King Charlemagne

A.P. Hill and His Red Battle Shirt art-code-18/50 Copper and German Silver multiOriginal Acrylic 60x48 Ambrose Powell Hill (1825 1865) Born in Culpepper, Virginia, Hill graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1847 (ranked 15th out of his class of 38). He would see action in both the Seminole War and the Mexican War. According to his wishes, he was buried "standing up"; his body rests beneath the monument to his memory in Richmond, VA. Hill's wife, Kitty, made him red calico hunting shirts which he wore