Image of a full-length portrait of United States General William Henry Harrison on horseback at the battle of Tippecanoe near Lafayette, Indiana, in 1811; several soldiers with upraised hands entreat Harrison to not advance, but the General appears calm and resolute with sword in hand; ranks of soldiers visible behind Harrison at left, two dead American Indian warriors lay beneath the hooves of Harrison's horse. "Lith & Pub. by N. Currier, 2 Spruce St. N.Y."--text, bottom margin. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1840 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y."--text, bottom center margin. "Upon one occasion as he (Genl. Harrison;) was approaching an angle of the Line, against which the Indians were advancing with horrible yells, Lieut. Emmerson seized the Bridle of his Horse, and earnestly entreated that he would not go there; but the Governor, putting spurs to his Horse; pushed on to the point of Attack where the Enemy were received with firmness and driven back." (Vide. Hist. Battle Tippecanoe.)"--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 35.88 x 25.72 cm (14 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Generals--United States--Pictorial works Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Indians of North America--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works Tippecanoe, Battle of, Ind., 1811--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Small Size Other Military The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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