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N.Y. Sons of Freedom Pull Down Statue of King George III
[Revolutionary War],
Large Engraving, Pulling Down the Statue of George III, By the Sons of Freedom, At the Bowling Green City of New York July 1776, 34" x 25", uncolored, titled after a painting by Johannes Adam Simon Oertel and engraved by John C. McRae, 1859.
After the Declaration of Independence was read to the Continental Army in New York on July 9, 1776, a boisterous crowd of soldiers, sailors and citizens headed to the huge gilt lead equestrian statue of King George III which had been installed on Bowling Green only six years earlier. The crowd toppled his Majesty, who then made his first Broadway appearance before being carted to Connecticut. The head was rescued by Tory sympathizers, and later spotted in the home of Lord Townshend. The rest of the King and the horse he rode in on was melted down. In a truly epic burn, Ebenezer Hazard remarked that the redcoats “will probably have melted majesty fired at them.” Indeed they did; the sculpture was used to make 42,088 bullets.
Item #24461, ON HOLD
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George Washington: Rare 1777 Revolutionary War Hand Colored Engraving
[GEORGE WASHINGTON],
Print. With captions in English and French: George Washington Eqer General and Commander en Chief of the Continental Army in America . . . dApres lOriginal de Champbell [sic] Peintre de Williambourg Capitale de la Virginie. Likely published in Paris, ca. 1777 to 1780. 1 p. 7.75 x 11.75 in. in a wooden frame 10 x 14.5 in.
Lovely condition, drum-mounted on board, original full hand-coloring. Framed. Line engraving derived from the portrait done by “Alexander Campbell” with facial elements after the Nuremberg version of the print. This enjoys the independent addition of battle flags placed within the image to flank the portrait.
Item #27113, $12,500
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