| Contributor |
W. M., ill. |
| Title |
Benjamin, Sarah. |
| Alternate title |
Sarah Benjamin (109 years of age) / W.M. |
| Publisher |
[New York? : s.n.] |
| Date |
[1854?] |
| Physical description |
1 print : engraving ; 8.2 x 6.3 cm. |
| Description |
Waist-length seated portrait of Mrs. Benjamin wearing bonnet, holding staff. |
| Notes |
In The American phrenological journal, vol. 20 (Nov., 1854), p. 101. |
|
"She was with the army all through the Revolutionary War. She was in Albany during the hard winter of 1780, and at West Point
two or three years, while the army was stationed there ; and when it left under General Washington, she followed. Her business
was cooking and washing for her husband and other soldiers. She speaks distinctly of riding horseback through the streets
of Philadelphia on the way to Yorktown and also of embarking on board ship at the head of Elk river, and of cruising down
Chesapeake Bay, and landing (I think) at James River.”--P. 101.
|
|
Also known as Sarah Osborn. |
| Genre |
Portrait prints -- 1850-1859. |
|
Engravings -- 1850-1859. |
| Subject |
Benjamin, Sarah -- Portraits. |
|
Women. |
|
Older women. |
|
Phrenology. |
|
Women in war. |
