Capture of Major John Andre near Tarrytwon, New York by three volunteer militiamen, John Paulding, Isaac Van Wart, and David Williams., Inscribed upper left corner: S. 142., Plate 10 from Matthias Sprengel. Historisch-genalogischer Calendar oder Jahrbuch... (Leipzig: bey Haude und Spener Von Berlin, 1783). (LCP Am 1783 Spre, Log 5059.D)., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Chodowiecki was a prominent German engraver and painter who specialized in prints of historical subjects.
Creator
Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801, etcher
Date
[1783]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - American Revolution [P.8935.10]
Print depicting a monument to Major John André. Shows a sarcophagus with Britannia weeping as she holds a shield with the Union Jack. In the left is a lion. Below is a tableau depicting the capture of Major André, who is led away by two men as he points to a woman and child in the right. In the left, a messenger hands General George Washington, surrounded by soldiers, an envelope. Soldiers march in the background. The sarcophagus rests on a pedestral that reads, "Sacred to the Memory, Major John Andre", Title from item., Date from periodical publication it was illustrated in: The Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure . London : Published [...] according to Act of Parliament, for John Hinton, 1782 December, p. 329., Gift of David Doret.
Date
[1782]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Monuments and Statues - André [P.2010.6.29]
