Engraving
- Title:
- Putnam's Duel with the British Officer
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0880
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Gen. Israel Putnam (1718-1790). Steel engraving, printed on paper. Portrait of two men in a field in front of a large tree. Gen. Israel Putnam sits on a stool next to a large barrel in high hat, buttoned officers jacket, light pants, dark boot, and sword hanging between his legs. The British officer is leaping away from the barrel as power flies out of it, his stool is knocked over, he holds his hat in his hand, he is wearing a long officers coat, light pants, dark boots, looks alarmed. In the background are several tents and a home in the distant field. "T.H. Mattesen - M. Osborne"; "Putnam's Duel with the British Officer" printed below portrait.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-9.7 W-6.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Putnam, Israel (1718-1790)
- Subjects:
- Putnam, Israel
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