COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
Record
Accession number:
31910
Call number:
En775/T465c
Title:
CHARLES LEE, ESQR. MAJOR GENERAL of the CONTINENTAL-ARMY in AMERICA.
Place:
[London]
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs ... by C Shepherd
Date:
1775. 31 Octr.
Image technique:
Mezzotint
Image dimensions:
32.7 x 25.2 cm. (image, trimmed)
Narrative description:
Major General Charles Lee.
References:
BM 5296; Cresswell, American revolution, 147; Andrews, Portraits of the American Revolution, p. 91; Smith, British mezzotint portraits. v.4p. 1716(9)
Notes:
From a series of portraits that depict American officers as heroes and British officers as unsuccessful or barbarous. An idealized image, with little resemblance to Lee. This was printed early in the war with the expectation that Lee would play a major role due to his past experience in the French and Indian War.
Creators:
Thomlinson pinxt.
Subject:
American Revolution. Portraits.
Normalized date:
1775
Link To Source
CHARLES LEE, ESQR. MAJOR GENERAL of the CONTINENTAL-ARMY in AMERICA.
