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The women of '76: Molly Pitcher" the heroine of Monmouth" – Vintage Wall Art

The women of '76: Molly Pitcher" the heroine of Monmouth", New York : Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1856 and 1907] — antique lithograph
The women of '76: Molly Pitcher" the heroine of Monmouth", New York : Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1856 and 1907]. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Currier & Ives presented Molly Pitcher here as the heroine of the Battle of Monmouth, fought near Freehold, New Jersey, in June 1778. The legend holds that Mary Ludwig Hays, known as Molly Pitcher, carried water to American artillerymen in the summer heat and took over a cannon when her husband fell, though historians debate how much of the story is accurate. The print belongs to the firm's long run of patriotic lithographs, which turned Revolutionary episodes into popular scenes for American homes in the later nineteenth century. Its hand coloring adds to the romantic, heroic tone the publishers wanted.

Created / publishedNew York : Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1856 and 1907]
Medium1 print : lithograph, hand-colored.
GenreLithographs Hand-colored 1850-1910.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7302.
SubjectsPitcher, Molly,--1754-1832--Military service. Monmouth, Battle of, Freehold, N.J., 1778. Cannons--New Jersey--Freehold--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns & battles.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,129 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175278

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