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Capture of Major Andre [copy 1].
1856
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E North 32/GC024/Box 027/Normal/19th c./Artists Wam-Welc GA 2007.00688
- Publisher
- 1856.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- United States—History—Revolution, 17751783—Secret service—In art
- Andre, John, 1751-1780—Portraits
- Spies—Great Britain—18th century—Portraits
- Great Britain. Army—Officers—18th century—Portraits
- Portraits, British—18th century
- Portraits, American—18th century
- Men—Quebec (Province)—18th century—In art
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Capture of Major Andre [copy 1].
- Call Number
- E North 32/GC024/Box 027/Normal/19th c./Artists Wam-Welc GA 2007.00688
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc7d279616s
- Publisher
- 1856.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1856
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 21.4 x 27.8 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings
- Depiction: Three men surround Andre outside. Andre offers his watch and another item to one figure, while another figure removes Andre's boot.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "A.C. Warren del.".
- Inscribed in plate, lower center: "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1856 by Samuel Walker in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- United States—History—Revolution, 17751783—Secret service—In art
- Andre, John, 1751-1780—Portraits
- Spies—Great Britain—18th century—Portraits
- Great Britain. Army—Officers—18th century—Portraits
- Portraits, British—18th century
- Portraits, American—18th century
- Men—Quebec (Province)—18th century—In art
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0df835ad-63f7-44a6-acfe-1cd316b0eeeb/manifest