Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 1778
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 30v
Notes:
On list of "Paintings and Drawings done."
William Howe (1729-1814), 5th Viscount Howe, was Commander-in-Chief of British land forces in the America during the Revolution. He had just resigned his commission and returned to Britain in May 1778.
John André (1751-1780) was a major in the British Army and head of its Secret Service in America during the American Revolutionary War. He was hanged as a spy by the Continental Army for assisting Benedict Arnold's attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York, to the British.
