Collection Highlights
"St. Nicholas. Dec. 6th. A.D. 343"
Date:
1810
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1810.94
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The Death Warrant of Major Andre
Object Number:
1952.33
Date:
After 1855
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 32 in. ( 61 x 81.3 cm )
Marks:
signed: in lower right corner: "F.H"
Description:
This scene depicts an officer of the Continental Army reading the death warrant to major John André, adjutant-general of the British Army in North America, in his prison quarters in the Casparus Mabie tavern at Tappan, New York, in early October 1780.
Gallery Label:
This oil painting, by an unidentified artist, was copied from a small engraving taken from a painting by the well-known historical painter Alonzo Chappel, and published in New York in 1855 by the firm of Martin & Johnson.
Credit Line:
Gift of William H. Foster
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
