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Impartial History of the War in America, Between Great Britain and the United States

1783
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Impartial History of the War in America, Between Great Britain and the United States
  • Engraver: John Norman (American (born England), ca. 1748–1817 Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Publisher: Robert Hodge (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Printer: Nathaniel Coverly (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Sitter: Samuel Adams (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1722–1803)
  • Sitter: Horatio Gates (American (born England), Maldon, Essex 1727–1806 New York)
  • Sitter: Richard Montgomery (American, born Ireland 1736–1775 Quebec)
  • Sitter: John Hancock (American, Braintree, Massachusetts 1737–1793 Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Sitter: Major General Nathanael Greene (American, 1742–1786)
  • Sitter: Joseph Warren (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1741–1775 Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Sitter: George Washington (American, 1732–1799)
  • Sitter: Marquis de Lafayette (French, 1757–1834)
  • Sitter: Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
  • Sitter: General Henry Knox (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1750–1806 Thomaston, Maine)
  • Sitter: Anthony Wayne (American, Easttown Township, Pennsylvania 1745–1796 buried Fort Presque Isle, Pennsylvania)
  • Sitter: General Benjamin Lincoln (American, Hingham, Massachusetts 1733–1810 Hingham, Massachusetts)
  • Sitter: Frontispiece General William Heath (American, 1737–1814)
  • Date: 1783
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving
  • Dimensions: 7 7/8 x 4 15/16 in. (20 x 12.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.90.1834(1-3)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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