Inscribed on plate attached to frame: "No. 4 Death of Gen-L Mercer at Princetown Jany 1777. J. Trumbull 10th May 1786". Presumably this reflects an inscription on the verso of the drawing.
Holdings at Yale: Two oil paintings and three sketches on the same subject.
Publisher:
1786.
Subject:
Generals—United States—18th century—Portraits
Portraits, American—20th century
United States—History—Revolution, 17751783—Campaigns—New Jersey—Princeton—In art