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Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 Storming of Stony Point

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.0074 Author/Creator: Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Engraving Date: 1857 Pagination: 1 print : b&w Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 27.5 cm Order a Copy

One engraving entitled "Storming of Stony Point" dated 1857. Depicts General Anthony Wayne leading a select group of General George Washington's troops to Stony Point, July 16, 1779. Caption notes "March on; carry me into the fort and let me die at the head of the column." Engraved from the original painting by Alonzo Chappel. Engraver unknown.

Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796

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