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., Artist's signature lower left corner of stone., Date from untrimmed duplicate., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 27, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb529 H711., Gift of Martin Snyder., Trimmed., 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.
Creator
Hoffy, Alfred M., b. ca. 1790, artist
Date
[c1845]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W367 [P.9504.6]
