| Title |
McCrea, Jane, 1753-1777. |
| Alternate title |
Murder of Miss M'Crea. |
| Publisher |
[Boston? : s.n.] |
| Date |
[1849?] |
| Physical description |
1 print : engraving ; 9 x 9.1 cm. |
| Description |
Full-length portrait of Miss McCrea in an outdoor setting with two Indian men. She flails her arms while one man holds her
and the other wields a tomahawk.
|
| Notes |
In the Pictorial national library, vol. 2 (Mar., 1849), p. 129. |
|
Miss Jane McCrea was engaged to David Jones, a British general, during the Revolutionary War and while traveling to visit
him she was taken captive by Indians and killed. Accounts of her death furthered anti-Loyalist sentiment in the Colonies.
|
|
Another portrait appears in: Wilson, D. The life of Jane McCrea (1853), p. [156]. |
| Genre |
Portrait prints -- 1840-1849. |
|
Engravings -- 1840-1849. |
| Subject |
McCrea, Jane, 1753-1777 -- Portraits. |
|
Women. |
|
Indian captivities. |
