http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/08/21/art-entertainment/art-and-artists/excuse-dust-art-speeding.html/attachment/john-sheridan-worlds-fair-or-bust?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=john-sheridan-worlds-fair-or-bust Home of The Saturday Evening Post Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/08/21/art-entertainment/art-and-artists/excuse-dust-art-speeding.html/attachment/john-sheridan-worlds-fair-or-bust/comment-page-1#comment-107464 Matt Bessell Fri, 20 May 2011 01:56:32 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/john-sheridan-worlds-fair-or-bust.jpg#comment-107464 Does anyone know where the original painting of this is and are prints available?

]]> http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/08/21/art-entertainment/art-and-artists/excuse-dust-art-speeding.html/attachment/john-sheridan-worlds-fair-or-bust/comment-page-1#comment-100858 Matt Bessell Mon, 02 May 2011 02:17:48 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/john-sheridan-worlds-fair-or-bust.jpg#comment-100858 The blonde kid waving the hat is Wesley “Bob” Bessell who modeled for the Sheridan painting. He was a football player on the Port Washington High School Team where Sheridan lived across the street. Bessell went on to obtain the rank of Chief Mate in the US Merchant Marine, serving in the
Atlantic and Pacific and survived being torpedoed in the Caribbean in 1942.”

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