David Wooster, Esq'r. - commander in chief of the Provincial Army against Quebec – Historic Reproduction
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David Wooster, Esq'r. - commander in chief of the Provincial Army against Quebec
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Few Americans of the Revolution were portrayed in London print shops as early as David Wooster, whose title names him commander in chief of the provincial army against Quebec. Wooster, a Connecticut militia veteran, led the 1775 invasion of Canada, a campaign that failed and made him one of the colonial commanders the British press watched closely. Thomas Hart issued this mezzotint in London on March 26, 1776, and it is catalogued among the political and personal satires of the period. Wooster was mortally wounded in 1777 during a British raid on Connecticut.
| Created / published | London : Published as the Act directs by Thos. Hart, 1776 March 26. |
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| Medium | 1 print : mezzotint. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1770-1780.Mezzotints 1770-1780. |
| Notes | Title from item. Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress). Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5332 Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 235. |
| Subjects | Wooster, David,--1711-1777. Military officers--American--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,088 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110132 |
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