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Israel Putnam E'qer. major général des troupes de Connecticut - il commandoit en chef à l'affaire de Bunckeshill près Boston le 17 Juin 1775 – Antique Wall Art

Israel Putnam E'qer. major général des troupes de Connecticut - il commandoit en chef à l'affaire de Bunckeshill près Boston le 17 Juin 1775 — antique engraving
Israel Putnam E'qer. major général des troupes de Connecticut - il commandoit en chef à l'affaire de Bunckeshill près Boston le 17 Juin 1775. Antique engraving from the Boston 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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A French caption identifies this engraved portrait as Israel Putnam, the Connecticut major general whom it credits with overall command at the battle of Bunker's Hill near Boston on June 17, 1775. Putnam, a farmer and veteran of the French and Indian War, became one of the best-known American officers of the early Revolution. The Paris publishers Esnauts and Rapilly issued the sheet from a shop marked "à la Ville de Coutances," part of a wider French appetite in the late 1770s and 1780s for portraits of American commanders. The record dates it only to the 178- decade, so it reflects that enthusiasm rather than a likeness drawn from life.

Medium1 print : engraving.
NotesParis : Chez Esnauts et Rapilly rue St. Jacques a la Ville de Coutances, A.P.D.R., [178-]
SubjectsPutnam, Israel,--1718-1790. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,075 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-122345

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