Charles Lee Esqr.
Date1775
Publisher
C. Shepherd
(English, active c.1775)
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; mezzotint
DimensionsOverall: 14 3/16 in. x 10 1/16 in. (36 cm x 25.5 cm)
Credit LineGift: Jess and Grace Pavey Fund, 2008
Object numberM-4842
DescriptionThis print is a three quarter length mezzotint portrait image of the General Charles Lee.MarkingsPrinted in ink within the image is a flag emblazoned with the phrase: "An Appeal to Heaven".
Printed in ink below the bottom-left corner of the image: "Thomlinson Pinx".
Printed in ink below the image, centered: "Charles Lee Esqr. / Major General of the Continental Army in America / Published as the Act directs. 31 Octr. 1775, by C. Shepherd".
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