Lot 2041
  • 2041

(GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA). L. ABBOTT. LIEUTENANT GENERAL THOMAS MUSGRAVE... LONDON: 1797

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Lieutenant General Thomas Musgrave, Governor of Gravesend & Tilbury Fort, Colonel of the 76th Regiment of Foot./Engraved from a Picture painted in 1786: with a view of Mr. Chews House near German-town in Pennsylvania 1777. London, c. 1797
Stippled line engraving (sheet size: 11 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.; 292 x 390 mm); some browning in margins. Matted, glazed, and framed.

Condition

Condition as described in catalogue entry.
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Catalogue Note

A very well-executed portrait with a "view of Mr. Chew's House near German-town" in the background. Musgrave had successful defended the Chew House, a well-known Philadelphia landmark, against Washington's army in 1777, forcing the Americans to withdraw to Valley Forge for the winter. See lots 2046 and 2047.