 | James Trenchard, View of Several Public Buildings in Philadelphia, 1790; statehouse is now Independence Hall, center, American Philosophical Society, Library, courthouse Pennsylvania State Archives, 350 North St, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0090. |
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The Battle of Cowpens, SC, 1781, shows the famous William Washington-Banastre Tarleton sword fight in which Washington’s servant rode up, fired his pistol at a British officer, and saved Washington’s life. Since most servants were African-American, Ranney painted him as such. - National Park Service. The Battle of Cowpens was an American victory, crucial in re-taking South Carolina from the British during the American Revolution. William Ranney, oil on canvas, 1845. Sam Holland photo. South Carolina State House, 1101 Gervais St, Columbia, SC 29201. Collection of Dr. J. Lewi Donhauser. |
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Four Soldiers of the American Revolution (from left): "A Black soldier of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment, a New England militiaman, a frontier rifleman, and a French officer." - Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives. J.B.A. de Verger watercolor, c. 1781.
Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library, Providence, RI 02912. Text: Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives, "Black Loyalists in New Brunswick, 1783-1854," atlanticportal.hil.unb.ca/acva. |
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"Pulling Down the Statue of King George III, Bowling Green, City of New York, by the Sons of Freedom," July, 1776. "A romantic version painted decades later. Historical inaccuracies include portraying George III in contemporary garb, and women and children at the scene." - New-York Historical Society. J.A. Oertel painting, detail, c. 1859. New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park W, New York, NY 10024. Donor: Samuel Verplanck Hoffman, 1925. Acc. No: 1925.6. |
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"Pulling Down the Statue of King George III at Bowling Green in Lower Manhattan, New York City in 1776." William Walcutt, oil on canvas, 1857. Lafayette College Art Collection, Easton, PA 18042. On display at Smithsonian American Art Museum, PO Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, DC 20013-7012. IAP 61260048. Also, Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10029. |
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"The Bloody Massacre" (the Boston Massacre), "perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.," 1770. "British troops firing on a group of citizens on a street in Boston, Massachusetts, with the Royal Custom House known as 'Butcher's Hall' on the right, and the First Church and Town House in the background. Some of the wounded are being carried away from the scene, others lie in the street." - Library of Congress. Paul Revere engraving. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-DIG-ppmsca-19159. |
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The Boston Massacre. "The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt." "A sensationalized portrayal of the skirmish, later to become known as the 'Boston Massacre,' between British soldiers and citizens of Boston. On the right a group of seven uniformed soldiers, on the signal of an officer, fire into a crowd of civilians at left. Three of the latter lie bleeding on the ground. Two other casualties have been lifted by the crowd. In the foreground is a dog; in the background are a row of houses, the First Church, and the Town House. Behind the British troops is another row of buildings including the Royal Custom House, which bears the sign (perhaps a sardonic comment) 'Butcher's Hall.' Beneath the print are 18 lines of verse, which begin: 'Unhappy Boston! see thy Sons deplore, Thy hallowed Walks besmeared with guiltless Gore.' Also listed are the 'unhappy Sufferers': Saml Gray, Saml Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, and Patrick Carr (killed) and 'Six wounded; two of them (Christr Monk & John Clark) Mortally.'"- Library of Congress. Paul Revere engraving after Henry Pelham, Boston, 1770. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-DIG-ppmsca-01657. |
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