Colonel Arnold, Who Commanded the Provincial Troops sent against Quebec, through the Wilderness of Canada and was Wounded in Storming that City, under General Montgomery

Publisher Thomas Hart British

Publisher Johann Martin Will German

Sitter Benedict Arnold American

March 26, 1776

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Title: Colonel Arnold, Who Commanded the Provincial Troops sent against Quebec, through the Wilderness of Canada and was Wounded in Storming that City, under General Montgomery
Publisher: Thomas Hart (British, active London 1776–77) (fictitious name)
Publisher: Johann Martin Will (German, 1727–1806)
Sitter: Benedict Arnold (American, Norwich, Connecticut 1741–1801 London)
Date: March 26, 1776
Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions: Image: 12 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (32.4 × 23.5 cm)
Plate: 14 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (36.5 × 23.5 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 12 3/16 in. (44.5 × 31 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Object Number: 24.90.226
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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