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Death of General Mercer [Sketch for The Battle of Princeton].
Artist
Trumbull, John, 1756-1843
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Format
Visual material
Language
No linguistic content
Published/Created
1786.
Description
1 item
Details
Subject(s)
Generals
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United States
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18th century
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Portraits
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Portraits, American
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18th century
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United States
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History
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Revolution, 17751783
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Campaigns
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New Jersey
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Princeton
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In art
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Studies (visual works).
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Princeton, Battle of, Princeton, N.J., 1777
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Portraits
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United States
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History, Military
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18th century
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In art
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Mercer, Hugh, ca. 1725-1777
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Portraits
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United States
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History
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Revolution, 17751783
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Casualties
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In art
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Portraits
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Notes
Medium: Pen drawings
Inscribed on plate attached to frame: "J. Trumbull No. 5 Princetown". 1786.
Holdings at Yale: Three sketches and two oil paintings on the same subject.
Source acquisition
Gift of Junius Spencer Morgan, Princeton University Class of 1888.
References
Princeton University Library Chronicle, vol. 12, no. 1, figure 5.
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