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Title: The artillery corps of Philadelphia Greys
Creator: Hoffy, Alfred M., approximately 1790-, artist
P.S. Duval & Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1845
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
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Description: Image of Captain George Cadwalader of the Pennsylvania Militia leading the Philadelphia Greys artillery regiment in a drill maneuver in a field; Cadwalader is shown on horseback with sword raised in full military uniform with mounted troops fanning out behind him in formation pulling cannons and wagons; wooded area and fenced residence visible in background.
"P.S. Duval, Lith. Philada."--text, bottom right margin. "Sketched on the Spot & Lithogd. by A. Hoffy"--text, bottom left margin. "(Company D), Comd. by Capt. Geo. Cadwalader, First Regiment of Artillery, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, P.M. Published by the Corps. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1845 by Thos. A. Andrews, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."--text, bottom center margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : hand colored color printed ; overall 38.74 x 45.09 cm (15 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_MIL_001269
400996
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/4131
Language: English
Subject: Artillery--Pictorial works
Cadwalader, George, 1806-1879--Pictorial works
Cannons--Pictorial works
Horses--Pictorial works
Pennsylvania. Militia. Division, 1st. Brigade, 1st--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1825-1850. (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
Relation: priJLC_MIL_001270

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