VAIL, Eugene. Ready About (Paré à Virer), 1888 Greatest Watercolors believing it was his duty

believing it was his duty to preservethe history of Native American cultures that were rapidly being displaced bythe westward expansion of the United States

It was commissioned in memory of Thomas de Nadasd

in May 1775

Mercy River

VAIL, Eugene. Ready About (Paré à Virer), 1888 Greatest Watercolors believing it was his dutyVAIL, Eugene Lawrence (American French, 1857 1934) Ready About (Par Virer), 1888 oil on canvas signed, located Eug. Vail Boulogne sur mer and dated (lower left) 94 x 125 1 2 in. (238. 8 x 318. 8cm) Ready About (Par Virer), 1888, is a monumental work by the artist Eugne Vail, who was born in France to a French mother and an American father. At the insistence of his father, he studied at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, where