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Capture of Major Andre [copy 2].
1800-1899
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Omega Project
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E North 32/GC024/Box 026/Normal/19th c./Artists T-Wal GA 2007.00684
- Publisher
- n.d.
- People
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- Author
- Walter, A.B.
- Related Name
- Schmolze, Carl Heinrich, 1823-1861
- 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
- Magazine illustration—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Portraits, British—18th century
- Portraits, American—18th century
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Capture of Major Andre [copy 2].
- Call Number
- E North 32/GC024/Box 026/Normal/19th c./Artists T-Wal GA 2007.00684
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcbk128q01t
- Publisher
- n.d.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1800-1899
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 23.7 x 14.7 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings
- Depiction: Andre on horseback, surrounded by three men with rifles.
- Signed in plate, lower left: "Painted by C.H. Schmolze".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Engraved by A.B. Walter".
- Signed in plate, below: "Designed & engraved expressly for Grahams Magazine".
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
- Magazine illustration—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Portraits, British—18th century
- Portraits, American—18th century
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/9e6e8776-9632-469d-9206-f9de5c50f8b9/manifest