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Lieutenant Moody Freeing a Prisoner in the Hands of the Americans

aquatint by Francis Jukes British
Publisher Robert Pollard British
February 19, 1785
Not on view
Lieutenant James Moody was a British loyalist during the American Revolution. On May 10, 1780, he led a daring raid on the jail at Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey and freed eight loyalist prisoners. At night, Moody arrived from Staten Island with six men and told the sheriff that they had captured another Tory. When the door remained barred, the troop distracted the sheriff with war whoops, Moody entered through a window, and freed the prisoners.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Lieutenant Moody Freeing a Prisoner in the Hands of the Americans
  • Artist: Robert Pollard (British, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1755–1838 London)
  • Artist: aquatint by Francis Jukes (British, Hertfordshire 1747–1812 London)
  • Publisher: Robert Pollard (British, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1755–1838 London)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: February 19, 1785
  • Medium: Aquatint
  • Dimensions: plate: 17 1/2 x 21 7/8 in. (44.5 x 55.6 cm)
    sheet: 19 x 24 3/8 in. (48.3 x 61.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
  • Object Number: 83.2.995
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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