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A small picture in oyl on paste board representing an engagement of warriors on horseback dress'd a l'antique

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

September 1777

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 25v

Additional Source Text:

"With some houses on fire about 7 1/2 inches broad & 5 1/2 high done here by Nath. Grogan from Ireland of his own invention which he painted lately for me. I have put in a broad black frame of English oak made with the inner moulding carv'd & gilt."

Notes:

Nathaniel Grogan (1740-1807), from Cork, Ireland, was serving in the British army during the British occupation of Philadelphia. See his wikipedia entry and https://de1.zetcom-group.de/MpWeb-mpCrawfordArtGallery/v?mode=online#!m…