The capture of Major André / painted by A.B. Durand figures engd. by Alfred Jones landscape engd. by Smillie & Hinshelwood.

The capture of Major André / painted by A.B. Durand figures engd. by Alfred Jones landscape engd. by Smillie & Hinshelwood.

Description:

Depicts Major John André, a British spy, being detained by armed militia men John Paulding, David Williams, and Isaac Van Wart, on September 23, 1780.; After a painting of the same name by Asher B. Durand.; Seal of the American Art Union printed under title.; Engraved in lower margin: From a painting by A.B. Durand in the possession of the Honble. James K. Paulding.; "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1846 by the American Art Union in the clerk's office of the U.S. district court of the southern district of New York."

Date Issued: 1845
Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
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Language: UND
Type: still image