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Genl Israel Putnam: The Iron Son of "76" Effecting his Escape from British Dragoons

Sowle & Shaw

Hand colored print of General Israel Putnam (1718-1790) on horseback escaping from British troops. While Putnam had several heroic episodes during the American Revolution, this print depicts "Old Put" narrowly escaping the British in Greenwich on February 26, 1779 while he escaped out a window on his saddled horse and galloping off the edge of a rocky embankment while waving his sword in warning as he is being fired upon.

Date

ca 1845

Type

lithograph

Medium

paper (overall material)

Department

NMAH

Institution

National Museum of American History

Object number

nmah_324862

Credit

Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection