(WAR OF 1812 PRINTS) Yeager Joseph engraver; after William

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(WAR OF 1812--PRINTS.) Yeager, Joseph, engraver; after William E. West. Battle of New Orleans, and Death of Major General Packenham. Engraving, 16 x 22 1/4 inches; 2 repaired closed tears, minor soiling on left edge. Philadelphia: McCarty & Davis, 1817 (possible restrike)

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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"--Album of American Battle Art 48.