Thomas Ruckle

Thomas Ruckle
Born1776 Edit this on Wikidata
Ireland Edit this on Wikidata
Died1853 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 76–77)
OccupationPainter Edit this on Wikidata
Works
  • The Battle of North Point
  • The Defense of Baltimore
The Defense of Baltimore - Assembling of the Troops, painted by Thomas Ruckle c1814 or 1815.
The Battle of North Point, Lithograph based on the original painting by Thomas Ruckle c1814 or 1815.

Thomas Ruckle (1776–1853)[1] was a house painter and sign painter in early nineteenth-century Baltimore, Maryland, and an amateur painter. He is best known for his paintings The Battle of North Point, and The Defense of Baltimore. Ruckle was a veteran of the War of 1812, in which he had served as a corporal in the 5th Maryland Regiment of the Maryland Militia.[2]

  1. ^ Manning, Martin J.; Wyatt, Clarence R. (2011). Encyclopedia of media and propaganda in wartime America. ABC-CLIO. p. 132. ISBN 9781598842272.
  2. ^ page on Thomas Ruckle at marylandartsource.org Retrieved Feb 17 2010 Archived 2006-10-06 at the Wayback Machine