Burning of the town Pilak-li-ka-ha by Gen. Eustis – Historic Print
![Burning of the town Pilak-li-ka-ha by Gen. Eustis, [Charleston, S.C. : T.F. Gray and James, 1837] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ae/ae822ef3eb6c-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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Burning of the town Pilak-li-ka-ha by Gen. Eustis. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Burning of the town Pilak-li-ka-ha by Gen. Eustis
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The town of Pilak-li-ka-ha, a Seminole settlement in Florida, is the subject here, shown in flames under the command of General Eustis. Charleston publishers T.F. Gray and James issued this hand-colored lithograph in 1837 as number 8 in a set of eight Views of Florida. The series depicted episodes of the Second Seminole War (1835-1842), a conflict in which the U.S. Army destroyed Seminole villages and crops to force the removal of the tribe. Prints like this one, produced while the war was still underway, reflected and shaped public interest in the fighting in Florida.
| Created / published | [Charleston, S.C. : T.F. Gray and James, 1837] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | in 1837."" |
| Notes | No. 8 in set of 8 Views of Florida." The State Library and Archives of Florida cites as "Lithographs of events in the Semonole War in Florida in 1835. Issued by T.F. Gray and James of Charleston |
| Subjects | Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842--Destruction & pillage. Fires--Florida--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,221 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114664 |
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