Washington raising the British flag at Fort Du Quesne. [engraving]

Washington raising the British flag at Fort Du Quesne. [engraving]

New York Virtue, Emmins & Co. c1859

1 print ; one on sheet 18 x 26 ; a second on sheet 17 x 25 cm.

P&E L2003D81m

Washington, on horseback raising his hat at the center, surrounded by officers and troop, watch three soldiers raise the British flag at the entrance to the fort when Washington was a member of the British army during the French and Indian war.
This is an illustration in Tomes, Battles of America on sea and land, Vol. I, between pages 106 and 107.
The larger sheet copy is a gift of H. Russell Drowne, Jr.
Two copies

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