We are thrilled that John Ward Dunsmore’s Hut Camp of the 17^th Regiment of Foot, Inwood Hill, N.Y.C. (1915) is back on display for the first time since at least 2003 after some minor conservation work. This mixed-media painting depicts a military camp discovered at Prescott (now Payson) Avenue, as it may have looked during the Revolutionary War. It is possible this piece may have been a study for the finished oil painting, of the same name, in the collection of The New-York Historical Society.

The Dunsmore painting was originally installed as part of the Reginald Pelham Bolton Collection (a.k.a. Relic Room) display on the first floor of the farmhouse when it opened as a museum in 1916 and is now back in the same room.

Dunsmore is well-known for his depictions of Revolutionary War-era scenes.  Collections of his work can be found at The New-York Historical Society and Fraunces Tavern Museum.