Massacre of Wyoming
Date1859
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; line and stipple engraving, etching
DimensionsImage (H x W): 5 1/2 in. × 7 1/4 in. (13.97 cm × 18.42 cm)
Overall (H x W): 8 1/8 in. × 10 11/16 in. (20.64 cm × 27.15 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Gibby, 1984
Object numberWB-MPB9
DescriptionThis print is a battle scene of American Loyalists and Iroquois raiders against American Patriots. In the violent image colonists can be scene engaging in hand to hand combat with bayonets, hatchets, and other weapons. In the center, a man in a white shirt holds his hands aloft and looks skyward. In the foreground a Native American is depicted in the act of scalping a colonist. Henry B. Dawson, Battles of the United States by Sea and Land, (New York: Johnson, Fry & Co., 1858).
MarkingsPrinted in ink below the image: "Massacre of Wyoming. / 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. York." .
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18th Century
