Battle of Tippecanoe – Antique Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Battle of Tippecanoe, preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Battle of Tippecanoe
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Published in color by the Chicago firm Kurtz & Allison and copyrighted in 1889, this chromolithograph revisits the clash near Prophetstown in Indiana Territory on November 7, 1811, when William Henry Harrison's troops fought warriors gathered there. The caption credits Tecumseh with the attack, but Tecumseh was away recruiting allies, and the fighting was led by his brother Tenskwatawa, known as the Prophet. Popular prints of this era often cast the battle as a clear American victory, a story that helped make Harrison a national figure and later a presidential candidate. The image is worth studying for how it shapes that memory more than for the contested facts of the day.
| Created / published | c1889 Oct. 15. |
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| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph, color. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | U31260 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Caption: Gen. Harrison was attacked by Tecum'seh Nov. 7, 1811. The Indians were routed with great slaughter. Copyright 1889 by Kurtz & Allison. |
| Subjects | Tippecanoe, Battle of, Ind., 1811. Shawnee Indians--War--1810-1820. Campaigns & battles--Indiana--1810-1820. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,504 × 1,085 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176262 |
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