A Representation of Major John André, Adjutant General to the King's forces in North America, going from the Vulture Sloop of War to the shore of Haverstraw Bay in Hudson's River the Night of the 23d of September 1780

After Major John André British

Subject Print commissioned by Lieutenant Colonel William Crosbie British

ca. 1781

Not on view

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Title: A Representation of Major John André, Adjutant General to the King's forces in North America, going from the Vulture Sloop of War to the shore of Haverstraw Bay in Hudson's River the Night of the 23d of September 1780
Artist: After Major John André (British, London 1750–1780 Tappan, New York)
Subject: Print commissioned by Lieutenant Colonel William Crosbie (British, ca. 1740–1798)
Date: ca. 1781
Medium: Aquatint and soft-ground etching
Dimensions: Plate: 8 3/4 × 12 3/16 in. (22.3 × 31 cm)
Sheet: 11 13/16 × 17 1/4 in. (30 × 43.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Object Number: 24.90.1403
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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