The
Artillery Corps of Philadelphia Greys, (Company D), Comd. by Capt. Geo. Cadwalader, First Regiment of Artillery, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, P. M
Hoffy, Alfred M.
b. ca. 1790
artist
Duval, Peter S.
1804 or 5-1886
printer
Printer Pennsylvania
Militia. Division, 1st. Brigade, 1st
publisher
still image
Graphic
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850
pau
Philadelphia
PA. Philadelphia
Published by the Corps
[c1845]
1845
monographic
eng
1 print: lithograph; 33 x 42 cm. (13 x 16.75 in.)
Scene showing Captain George Cadwalader commanding a drill of the mounted artillery troop of the Pennsylvania Militia on a large field near Powelton in West Philadelphia. Shows, in the foreground, Cadwalader, seated on his stead, and signaling a change of formation with his raised saber. Two officers, one blowing a bugle, trot behind him between two lines of men mounted on horses, seated in horse-drawn carriages, or pulling canons by horse-team. Other men on mounts, in carriages, and pulling cannons have broken from the old formation and fan out alongside the lines. The militia men wear blue uniforms comprised of trousers, jackets with epaulets, and tall shakos with plumes. In the background, clusters of trees and a residence with fenced property are visible. Samuel Powel (1818-1885) for whose family the neighborhood depicted was named, was a member of the Philadelphia Greys.
Sketched on the spot & lithogd. by Alfred Hoffy; P.S. Duval, Lith., Philada.
Artist's signature lower left corner of stone.
Date from untrimmed duplicate.
Hoffy was the predominate artist of the plates used to illustrate the military fashion periodical, "U.S. Military Magazine," published 1839-1842 by Duval and Huddy.
Cadwalader, George
1806-1879
Portraits
Pennsylvania
Militia
Division, 1st
Brigade, 1st
Artillery (Troops)
United States
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Military drills
United States
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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