Battle of King's Mountain
Date1859
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; engraving, etching
DimensionsImage (H x W): 5 1/4 in. × 7 5/8 in. (13.34 cm × 19.37 cm)
Overall (H x W): 8 3/16 in. × 10 9/16 in. (20.8 cm × 26.83 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Gibby, 1984
Object numberWB-MPB7
DescriptionThis print is a scene of a woodland battle that took place in South Carolina. In the background, British and American troops can be seen exchanging musket fire and there is a quantity of gunsmoke. A white horse without a rider charges through no man's land. In the foreground, colonial frontiersmen and indigenous people converse and a male figure leads a number of horses across a stream. MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image: "Battle of King's Mountain. / From the original Painting by Chappel, in the possession of the Publishers. / Johnson, Fry, & Co. Publishers. New York. / Entered according to act of Congress AD 1859 by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of N.Y.".
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c. 1876
18th Century
1750-1765
1770
c. 1850-1865