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Lot 15

Sale 6247 - Books and Manuscripts
Feb 6, 2024 11:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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[Americana] Bowen, A(bel).: A View of Col. Johnson's Engagement with the Savages (Commanded by Tecumseh) near the Moravian Town, October 5, 1812

Bowen, A(bel).
A View of Col. Johnson's Engagement with the Savages (Commanded by Tecumseh) near the Moravian Town, October 5, 1812
(Boston: J. P. Peaslee, 1828). Partially hand-colored woodcut print; 9 x 16 in. (228 x 406 mm). Features numbered and glossed in corresponding key below. From Henry Trumbull's History of the discovery of America ... and their most remarkable engagements with the Indians (Brooklyn: Grant & Wells, 1810). Creasing from old folds; tape repairs on verso; light offsetting. In mat.

Early American print depicting the Battle of the Thames, during the War of 1812, between American forces, under Colonel Richard M. Johnson, and Britain's Native American allies, commanded by Tecumseh, who would be killed during the engagement.

A fine example. 

Height: 9 in.

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