Details
Creator Régnier, Claude, 19th cent., lithographer.
Contributor Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888, artist.
Knoedler, M. copyright holder.
Imprimerie Lemercier et cie, printer.
Goupil & Cie., publisher.
Title Elisabeth Grace and Rachel Martin (South Carolina) : Elisabeth Grace (Caroline Du Sud) [graphic] / Composed and drawn by Darley; lithographed by Régnier.
Publisher Paris: London: Berlin: New York: Goupil & Co., Printed by Lemercier, Paris
Publisher FRANCE. Paris. 1855
Publisher ENG. London. 1855
Publisher GERMANY. Berlin. 1855
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1855
Date 1853
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, tinted with one stone ; sheet 51 x 65 cm (20.25 x 25.5 in.)
Description Genre print illustrating an account from Elizabeth F. Ellet's 1848 book that honored the Revolutionary wartime experiences of 150 women. Depicts the tale of southern sister-in-laws Elizabeth Grace and Rachel Martin and their successful interception of a British dispatch while disguised in their husband's clothing. On a rugged dirt path, the Martin women hold pistols and the reigns of two of the three agitated horses that carry the soldiers and the plain-clothed messenger. The messenger clutches the dispatch to his chest and the soldiers look in disdain and surprise. Also contains several lines of text in English and French below the image explicating the scene as well as citing the source "(Mrs. Ellet, the Women of American Revolution, vol. 1. P. 274.)".
Notes Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1853 by M. Knoedler, in the clerk's office of the district court of the United States for the souther district of New York.
Printed above the image: Annals of the United States illustrated. The Women of the Revolution. Pl. 1.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Martin, Elisabeth Grace.
Martin, Rachel.
Cross dressing.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Military personnel -- British.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Covert operations. -- South Carolina.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Printer Imprimerie Lemercier et cie, printer.
Knoedler, M. (Michael), copyright holder.
Goupil & Cie., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **GC - American Revolution [P.2005.14.2]
Accession number P.2005.14.2