John Norman

Major Gen.l Joseph Warren

1774

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John Norman

Major Gen.l Joseph Warren

John Norman

Major Gen.l Joseph Warren

1774

Physical Qualities Etching, stipple, and engraving, Sheet: 195 × 116 mm. (7 11/16 × 4 9/16 in.) Plate: 168 × 103 mm. (6 5/8 × 4 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Garrett Collection

Object Number 1984.81.2108

Full-length portrait. There is an impression of text offset on the sheet.

James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885

Stauffer, David McNeely, American Engravers upon Copper and Steel, New York: Grolier Club, 1907, no. 2349. An Impartial History of the War in America, 1781, vol. 2 p. 210. Winsor, J., Narrative and Critical History of America, 1889, vol. 6 p. 54.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, B: 'MAJOR GEN.L JOSEPH WARREN / Slain at the Battle of Bunker's Hill June 17th 1775 / J. Norman Sc'. VERSO: LL (stamped in red ink): 'JL' inside 'C' inside 'INSPERATA FLORUIT'; and (pencil, in diamond, upside down): '3745'.