Sep 30, 2021 - Sale 2580

Sale 2580 - Lot 238

Price Realized: $ 406
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(WAR OF 1812.) Joseph Yeager, engraver; after William E. West. Battle of New Orleans, and Death of Major General Packenham. Hand-colored engraving, 19 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches, on laid Van Gelder paper; mat toning, moderate foxing, 2 small chips on bottom edge. Philadelphia: McCarty & Davis, 1817
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Second state, with key, and with General Lambert pointing rather than weeping into a handkerchief. Andrew Jackson's portrait appears in the caption. "West's quaintly rugged picture gives a vivid idea of the heroic and suicidal British advance against the powerful redoubt, from which big guns and muskets pour forth a sea of fire and smoke"--American Battle Art 48.