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Wayne Artillery of Philadelphia [graphic] : Capt. S. Murdock.
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Title
Wayne Artillery of Philadelphia [graphic] : Capt. S. Murdock.
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Date
[ca. 1843]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 31 x 20 cm. (12.25 x 8 in.)
Description
Military portrait showing Murdock, attired in his blue uniform, standing near a river, his head turned to a profile, holding his hat at his hip in one hand, and his sword, point to the ground, in the other. Another militia man, leans on a jagged rock nearby, with his back to Murdock. In the background, other members of the militia ready a cannon near the riverbank, possibly that of the Schuylkill River. A large number of volunteer militias formed by the 1840s influencing Philadelphia lithographers Huddy & Duval to publish the "U.S. Military Magazine" from 1839 to 1842. The magazine featured prints illustrating the military fashion of the era.
Notes
Possibly by Huddy & Duval.
Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 271
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 643 W 367
Subject
Pennsylvania. Militia.
Militias -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Ba 643 W 367
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Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
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