| Contributor |
Beastall, artist. |
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Graham, engraver. |
| Title |
Gannett, Deborah Sampson, 1760-1827 |
| Alternate title |
Deborah Sampson. / Beastall : Graham E. |
| Publisher |
[Dedham?] : Published by H. Mann, 1797. |
| Date |
1797. |
| Physical description |
1 print : engraving : 12.8 x 7.8 cm. |
| Description |
Bust-length portrait of Gannett, encircled by ornamental oval frame with decorative elements including eagle, flags, and foliage. |
| Notes |
In The female review: or, memoirs of an American young lady; whose life and character are peculiarly distinguished-- being
a Continental soldier, for nearly three years, in the late American war (Dedham, 1797), frontispiece.
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Gannett dressed as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. |
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"I shall here notice a heroic deed of this gallantress; which, while it deserves the applause of every patriot and veteran,
must chill the blood of the tender and sensible female. Two bastion redoubts of the enemy having advanced two hundred yards
on the left, which checked the progress of the combined forces, it was proposed to reduce them by storm. To inspire emulation
in the troops, the reduction of one was committed to the Americans, and the other to the French. A select corps was chosen.
The commander of the infantry was given to Fayette, with permission to manage as he pleased. He therefore ordered them to
remember Cherry-Valley and New London Quarters, and to retaliate accordingly, by putting them to the sword, after having carried
the redoubts. Our Heroine was one of these! At dark, they marched to the assault with unloaded arms, but with fixed bayonets;
and with unexampled bravery, attacking on all sides at once, after some time of violent resistance, were complete victors
of the redoubts."--P. 151-152.
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Another portrait appears in Chapin, J.R. The historical picture gallery (Boston, 1856), p. 27. |
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Another copy of portrait held in Graphic Arts [Portrait Prints - S [5750.F.29a]]. Copy reproduced in "In Disguise" online
exhibition.
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| Genre |
Portrait prints -- 1790-1799. |
|
Engravings -- 1790-1799. |
| Subject |
Gannett, Deborah Sampson, 1760-1827 -- Portraits. |
|
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Portraits. |
|
Women soldiers. |
|
Women. |
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Gender non-conforming people. |
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Gender-nonconforming people. |
|
Queer history. |
|
Cross-dressing. |
| Is part of |
Portraits of American Women |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.7410.jpg |
| Related resource |
http://librarycompany.org/crossdressing/section1.htm |
