Details

Subject(s)

• Generals—United States—18th century—Portraits [Browse]
• Portraits, American—20th century [Browse]
• Studies (visual works). [Browse]
• United States—History—Revolution, 17751783—Campaigns—New Jersey—Princeton—In art [Browse]
• Princeton, Battle of, Princeton, N.J., 1777—Portraits [Browse]
• United States—History, Military—18th century—In art [Browse]
• Mercer, Hugh, ca. 1725-1777—Portraits [Browse]
• United States—History—Revolution, 17751783—Casualties—In art [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Portraits [Browse]

Notes

• Medium: Ink washes
• Item description: Final study for the oil painting now at Yale.
• Inscribed, verso: "Death of Gen'l Mercer at Princeton Jany 2 1777. J. Trumbull 18th May-.1786". Below, in another hand: "Bought at Trumbull Sale, Philadelphia Dec. 17th 1896 - J.S.Morgan".
• Depiction, verso: Tracing of central group, with position of horse's head altered.
• Holdings at Yale: Two oil paintings and three sketches 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 6.
• See also Rice, Howard C., in Princeton University Library Chronicle, vol. 29.

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