Mrs. Schuyler firing her corn fields on the approach of the British [engraving]

Mrs. Schuyler firing her corn fields on the approach of the British [engraving]

New York Martin, Johnson & Co. c1858

1 print ; on sheet 20 x 27 cm.

P&E L2003D307m

Mrs. Schuyler (wife of Philip Schuyler) along with her children, a young slave and a man urging them toward a waiting carrage, are setting fire to the fields using a candle in a lantern being held by the slave. A dog is seen at the lower left. The house is in the background, far away on a hill.
Below the title it reads, "Engraved by permission from the original picture in the possession of Chas. M. Leupp, Esq."
This is an illustration from Spencer's, History of the United States, Vol. I

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