Image of soldiers fighting British troops in the Battle of Monmouth in New Jersey in 1778 during the American Revolutionary War; men shoot from cover at British troops in the distance at left; a woman loads a cannon, with a child ready to ignite it, near wounded and dead men; officers on horseback direct a rank of riflemen at right. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Kurz & Allison were located on Wabash from 1885-1896. "Kurz & Allison, 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., Chicago."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 31.43 x 45.72 cm (12 3/8 x 18 in.)
Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Children--Pictorial works Monmouth, Battle of, Freehold, N.J., 1778--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Pictorial works Women--Pictorial works Lithographs--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Large Size Other Military The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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