• Death of General Mercer [Sketch for The Battle of Princeton].

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  • No linguistic content; Not applicable
Creator:
  • Trumbull, John, 1756-1843
Call number:
  • HSV/7 E or 7 F/GC155/Framed GA 2005.00006
Extent:
  • 1 item
Format:
  • Visual material
Type:
  • Portraits
  • In art
Description:
  • Medium: Pencil drawings, Pen drawings
  • Inscribed on metal plate attached to frame: "J. Trumbull, No. 2 Princetown".
  • Holdings at Yale: Three other sketches and two oil paintings.
Publisher:
  • 1786.
Subject:
  • Generals—United States—18th century—Portraits
  • United States—History—Revolution, 17751783—Campaigns—New Jersey—Princeton—In art
  • Studies (visual works).
  • Princeton, Battle of, Princeton, N.J., 1777—Portraits
  • United States—History, Military—18th century—In art
  • Mercer, Hugh, ca. 1725-1777—Portraits
  • Portraits, American—18th century
  • United States—History—Revolution, 17751783—Casualties—In art
Title sort:
  • Death of General Mercer [Sketch for The Battle of Princeton].
Source acquisition:
  • Gift of Junius Spencer Morgan, Princeton University Class of 1888.
References:
  • Princeton University Library Chronicle, vol. 12, no. 1, figure 2.
Artist:
  • Trumbull, John, 1756-1843
Created:
  • 1786-01-01T00:00:00Z
Date:
  • 1786
Location:
  • HSVG HSV/7 E or 7 F/GC155/Framed GA 2005.00006
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/3484zr079
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Range label:
  • Logical