Major John Andre – Antique Print
![Major John Andre, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/90/903ff5373a57-L.webp)
(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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This antique engraving of Major John Andre brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Major John Andre
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Major John André (1750–1780) was a British army officer whose capture in 1780 during the American Revolution made him one of the war's most famous prisoners. He had served as an intermediary in the secret dealings between Benedict Arnold and British headquarters, and when he was caught behind American lines carrying papers hidden in his stockings, the plot unraveled. Tried as a spy, he was hanged at Tappan, New York, in October 1780, and his fate drew sympathy on both sides of the Atlantic. This engraving, held in the Briggs Collection, is undated on its caption card, so its exact age is uncertain, but portraits of André circulated widely in the decades after his death.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Briggs Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,140 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-160429 |
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