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Engraver Hawkins British
After William Hamilton British
Subject Charles Lee American, born England
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Title: The American General Lee taken Prisoner by Lieutentant Colonel Harcourt of the English Army, in Morris Country, New Jersey, 1776, from Barnard's "New, Complete & Authentic History of England"
Engraver:
Hawkins (British, active 1780–85)
Artist:
After William Hamilton (British, London 1751–1801 London)
Subject:
Charles Lee (American (born England), Darnhall, Cheshire 1732–1782 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Date: 1781–83
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions:
Image: 6 3/4 × 4 7/16 in. (17.2 × 11.2 cm)
Plate: 12 5/16 × 8 3/16 in. (31.2 × 20.8 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/8 × 9 1/8 in. (38.4 × 23.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Accession Number: 24.90.1444
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