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Washington at Dorchester Heights

Oil
108 x 81 1/2 in. (cm. 274.3 x 207.0)

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Leutze, Emanuel Gottlieb Unrated
Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland

after 1795
oil on canvas
22 3/4 x 37 1/4 in. (57.8 x 94.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

Kemmelmeyer, Frederick GA
Washington Reviewing the Western Army, at Fort Cumberland, Maryland

after 1795
unknown
unknown

Anonymous Collection (2)

Unknown

Kemmelmeyer, Frederick GA
Battle of Quebec

1916

Jefferys, Charles William Unrated
Washington at the Delaware

c. 1849
oil on canvas
28 x 35-1/2 in.

Chrysler Museum of Art

Norfolk, VA

Hicks, Edward GA
Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776

ca. 1921
oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.

Virginia Historical Society

Richmond, VA

Ferris, Jean Leon Geromenotes
  The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. John Adams had put forth a resolution earlier in the year, making a...
Unrated
Colonel John Montresor

c. 1771
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. 76.2 x 63.5 cm Framed: 38 x 33 x 3 1/2 in.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

Copley, John Singletonnotes
Captain John Montresor (22 April 1736 – 26 June 1799) was a British military engineer in North America. Revolutionary-Era America Stationed at Fort George (the former site of Fort William Henry) in 1765, he witnessed rioting in Albany and New York City in response to the Stamp Act, and in the same year was promoted to captain lieutenant, and...
Unrated
Der Tod Des Major Peirsons (The Death Of Major Peirson)

1782-1784
oil on canvas
247 x 366 cm

Tate Gallery

London, UK

Copley, John Singletonnotes
France invaded Jersey on 5 January 1781. The governor surrendered the island after the fall of its capital, St Helier. A twenty-four-year-old garrison commander, Major Peirson, rejected the surrender and led a successful counter-attack. Peirson was in fact killed shortly before the battle, but Copley shows him dying at the moment of British victory,...
Unrated
The Siege And Relief Of Gibraltar, 13 September 1782

circa 1783
oil on canvas
1346 x 1899 mm

Tate Gallery

London, UK

Copley, John Singleton Unrated
Thomas Gage

circa 1768-1769
oil on canvas
Height: 127 cm (50 in.), Width: 100.97 cm (39.75 in.)

Yale Center for British Art

New Haven, CT

Copley, John Singletonnotes
Thomas Gage (1719 or 1720 – 2 April 1787) was a British general, best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as military commander in the early days of the American Revolution. Born to an aristocratic family in England, he entered military service, seeing action in the French and Indian War, where he served...
Unrated
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