Details
Creator Hoffy, Alfred, approximately 1790-, artist.
Contributor Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 1805-1886, printer.
Huddy, William M., publisher.
Title FacSimile of the revolutionary flag, A.D. 1774. [graphic] / Lithographed by A. Hoffy.
Publisher [Philadelphia] : W.M. Huddy, (Phila: P.S. Duval, lithr.)
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1839
Date 1839
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 30 x 23 cm (11.5 x 9 in.)
Description Depiction of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry’s flag from 1774. Shows the flag with fringed edges on a spiked flagpole adorned with two tassels and held open by a rope from its upper right corner tied to a tree in the right. In the top left of the flag are thirteen stripes representing the colonies. In the center, flanking a shield illustrated with thirteen ropes tied into a Gordian Knot are allegorical figures representing Liberty and Fame. Liberty, depicted as a barefooted Native American figure attired in a headdress, feather skirt, and with a quiver of arrows on their back, carries a bow and a liberty cap on a pole. Fame, depicted as a winged angel, blows a trumpet. Above the shield is a horse’s head wearing a bridle with the letters “LHC,” which stands for light horse cavalry. A banner below the shield reads, “For these we strive.”
Notes Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1839, by Wm. M. Huddy, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penna.
Printed on recto: Plate No. 4.
Gift of David Doret.
RVCDC
Subject Pennsylvania. National Guard. Troop of Philadelphia Cavalry, 1st.
Allegories.
Angels.
Ethnic stereotypes.
Fame.
Flags.
Horses.
Indians of North America.
Indigenous peoples -- American.
Liberty.
Racialization and visual culture.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Genre Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Printer Huddy, William M., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.33]
Accession number P.2019.64.33