COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
03897
Record number:
03897-5
JCB call number:
D816 T483
Image title:
Lieut. Col. Croghan
Creator 1:
Boyd
Creator 1 role:
Sc.
Place image published:
[Philadelphia]
Image publisher:
[Thomas Desilver]
Image date:
[1816]
Image function:
plate; following p. 158
Technique:
stipple engraving
Image dimension height:
8.2 cm.
Image dimension width:
6.2 cm.
Page dimension height:
17.2 cm.
Page dimension width:
10.3 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Portrait of George Croghan in military attire.
Source creator:
Thomson, John Lewis
Source Title:
Historical sketches of the late war, between the United States and Great Britain ...
Source place of publication:
Philadelphia
Source publisher:
Published by Thomas Desilver. Also by M. Carey and A. Small ...
Source date:
1816
notes:
The last western battle fought on United States' territory, the battle of Fort Stephenson, commanded on the American side by Lieutenant Colonel Croghan (then only 21 years old), ended British control over the Detroit and Lake Erie region.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Portraits
Subject headings:
United States--History--War of 1812
Subject headings:
Croghan, George, 1791-1849
Lieut. Col. Croghan
