Object Number 1960.1154 A

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Macdonough's Victory on Lake Champlain,/ AND DEFEAT OF THE BRITISH ARMY AT PLATTSBURG BY GEN.\L MACOMB, SEPT.\R 11.\TH 1814.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Benjamin Tanner (Engraver and publisher)
03/27/1775-1848
References: Appleton's Encyclopedia.

Hugh Reinagle (Painter)
1788/1790-1834

Rogers & Esler (Printer)
c.1816

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

July 4 1816 (1816-1816)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; Engraved by B. Tanner.
2. Inscription; Lower left; Painted by H. Reinagle.
3. Inscription; Lower center; Published 4.\th July 1816 by B. TANNER Engraver N.\o 74 South Eighth Street Philadelphia.
4. Inscription; Lower left; Printed by Rogers & Esler

Subjects

Historical; Military; Naval history; Landscape; War of 1812

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Line engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

19.9 (H) , 26.3 (W) , 16.8 (Image H) , 24.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

50.5 (H) , 66.8 (W) , 16.8 (Image H) , 24.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Image measurements by sight, in frame.

Publisher Summary

Tanner, Benjamin

Publication Date

07/04/1816

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

None

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: no. 77, p. 36.