Dec 01, 2011 - Sale 2263

Sale 2263 - Lot 53

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRINTS.) Israel Putnam, Esqr., Major General of the Connecticut Forces. Mezzotint, 14 x 10 inches, by an anonymous engraver after "J. Wilkinson"; minor toning, trimmed within platemark, two pinholes in image area. London: C. Shepherd, 9 September 1775
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Additional Details

This striking print of Putnam leaning on a cannon was one of a series of British portraits of the leading rebels which was produced very early in the war. See Tarbox, Life of Putnam, 217-219; Cresswell 175.