The capture of Andre: By John Paulding, David Williams and Isaac Van Wart, at Tarrytown, N.Y., Sept. 23rd, 1780 – Antique Print
(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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The capture of Andre: By John Paulding, David Williams and Isaac Van Wart, at Tarrytown, N.Y., Sept. 23rd, 1780 comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The capture of Andre: By John Paulding, David Williams and Isaac Van Wart, at Tarrytown, N.Y., Sept. 23rd, 1780
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Three New York militiamen, John Paulding, David Williams and Isaac Van Wart, stopped British Major John André near Tarrytown on September 23, 1780, and found plans for the surrender of West Point hidden in his stockings. André had met with Benedict Arnold to arrange the handover, and his capture exposed the plot and sent Arnold fleeing to the British. Currier & Ives issued this color lithograph around 1876, the centennial of the Revolution, when the firm was producing many patriotic scenes for a public eager to revisit the war.
| Created / published | New York : Currier & Ives, c1876. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Copyright no. 738G. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 896 |
| Subjects | André, John,--1751-1780--Capture & imprisonment. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Covert operations--British. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,447 × 1,158 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216509 |
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