Apr 15, 2021 - Sale 2564

Sale 2564 - Lot 34

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(REVOLUTION.) Edwin, engraver; after Warrell and Barralet. . . . Peter Francisco's Gallant Action with Nine of Tarleton's Cavalry. Hand-colored engraving, 23 1/2 x 32 inches; minor edge wear including 2 short repaired tears, light mat toning, mount remnants on verso. Philadelphia: James Webster, 1 December 1814

Additional Details

Depicts the legendary Portuguese-American soldier single-handedly driving off a detachment of nine of Tarleton's raiders in Virginia in July 1781. It is embellished with a small Stuart portrait of Washington in the caption area. American Battle Art 26; Hart 368.