TURNER, Charles Yardley (American, 1850-1919): Pastel Sketch for Large Mural of Pontiac and Rogers, sight size 13.5'' x 27.5'', signed lower left, titled mid-margin and dated May 27, 1913 lower right. Framed, 22'' x 36''. The finished mural resides to this day at the Cuyahoga County Courthouse in the Court of Appeals Court Room, Cleveland Ohio. The painting depicts an important historical event in the meeting of Rogers Rangers with Pontiac, a French ally and Chief of the Ottawas. Robert Rogers and his Rangers had traveled west at the end of the French and Indian War to take possession of the outposts. Pontiac initially ordered the Rangers to leave the country as he claimed that the land belonged to the Native Americans. Rogers, however, explained his mission to Chief Pontiac, and announced that the French and Indian War had ended, and peace was declared. Apparently convinced, Pontiac and other Native American leaders eventually agreed to smoke the peace pipe. Charles Yardley Turner, born in Baltimore Maryland in 1850, studied art in Europe under French masters. Turner was the assistant director of decoration at the Chicago 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition and colorist for the entire 1901 Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Turner also painted ''The Trial of Captain John Smith at Jamestown, June 10, 1607, East Wall, Court of Appeals Court Room at the Cuyahoga County Court House as well the murals for the Essex County Court House in Newark, New Jersey, the Hudson County Courthouse, in Jersey City, and the Baltimore Court House. Est. $3000/5000**