RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
William Moultrie
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: 1782
Artist: Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827
Sitter: William Moultrie, 1730 - 27 Sep 1805
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Stretcher: 67.6 x 57.2 x 2.5cm (26 5/8 x 22 1/2 x 1")
Frame: 75.6 x 65.4 x 6.4cm (29 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 2 1/2")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942
Topics: Government
Military and Intelligence
Men
Portraits
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Public officers
Politics
Governors
Officer
Exhibition Label: Born Charles Town (now Charleston), South Carolina
On June 28, 1776, Colonel William Moultrie successfully led South Carolina troops in fending off a British naval attack on Sullivan’s Island, located at the entrance to Charles Town Harbor. The unexpected rout secured his fame.
The previous winter, Moultrie’s troops had mounted an assault to clear the island of enslaved people making their way to the protection of British ships. Soon after, they commandeered enslaved laborers to construct a fort from locally sourced palmetto logs. The spongy wood withstood enemy bombardment, while the fort’s guns inflicted catastrophic damage on Royal Navy warships, forcing the British to retreat.
This portrait from 1782 shows Moultrie wearing the two stars of a major general, the rank he attained that year. Behind him, in a landscape of palmetto trees, is the fort he defended, renamed Fort Moultrie in 1861. Flying above is the crescent moon flag he designed, which inspired South Carolina’s state flag.
Nacido en Charles Town (hoy Charleston), Carolina del Sur
El 28 de junio de 1776, el coronel William Moultrie dirigió con éxito a las tropas de Carolina del Sur en la defensa contra un ataque naval británico en la isla de Sullivan, a la entrada del puerto de Charles Town. El inesperado triunfo aseguró su fama.
El invierno anterior, las tropas de Moultrie lanzaron un asalto para despejar la isla de personas esclavizadas que iban hacia los barcos británicos buscando protección. Poco después, con mano de obra esclava, construyeron un fuerte con troncos de palmeto, una planta local. La madera esponjosa resistió el bombardeo enemigo, y los cañones del fuerte causaron graves daños a los buques de la Marina Real británica, obligándolos a retirarse.
En este retrato de 1782, Moultrie luce las dos estrellas de mayor general, rango que alcanzó ese año. Al fondo, entre palmetos, se ve el fuerte que defendió, rebautizado como Fuerte Moultrie en 1861. Arriba ondea la bandera de la media luna que él diseñó y que inspiró la bandera estatal de Carolina del Sur.
Provenance: William Moultrie [1730-1805]; his godson William Moultrie Reid; William Moultrie Reid, Jr.; William Moultrie Reid III; his daughter Miss Reid and Louise Reiser [Mrs. C. W. Reiser], Columbia, S.C.; (Eunice Chambers [d. 1971], Hartsville, S.C.); (A. E. Rueff, Brooklyn); (Harry MacNeill Bland, New York); (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1 May 1936 by The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1942 to NGA; transferred 1965 to NPG.
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George Washington
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: 1795
Artist: Rembrandt Peale, 22 Feb 1778 - 3 Oct 1860
Sitter: George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Stretcher: 75.6 x 64.5 x 3.2cm (29 3/4 x 25 3/8 x 1 1/4")
Frame: 94.9 x 83.8 x 9.5cm (37 3/8 x 33 x 3 3/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942
Topics: Business and Finance
Congressional Gold Medal
Farmers
Government
Natural resources commerce
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Science and Technology
Colonial statesman
Agriculturists
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Provenance: Henry William de Saussure [1763-1839]; by descent to his son [? grandson?] John De Saussure; purchased 1877 George L. Sanderson, Antes Fort, Pennsylvania [d. 1907]; his daughter Mrs. Sanderson Cotter; via (Jonce Irwin McGurk [1875-1947], New York) bought 27 December 1917 by Thomas B. Clarke, [1848-1931], New York; (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1936 by The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trus, Pittsburgh; gift 1942 to NGA; transferred 1965 to NPG.
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Benjamin Franklin
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Sculpture
Date: 1777
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Nini, 1717 - 1786
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
Medium: Terra-cotta medallion
Dimensions: 11.4 × 1.9 cm (4 1/2 × 3/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
Business and Finance
Legislators
Arts and Culture
Writers
Printer
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Signer of Declaration
Public officers
Diplomats
Fur
Literature
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Men
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Provenance: (William H. Schab, Rare Books, Manuscripts, Prints & Drawings); purchased NPG 1966
Benjamin Franklin
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Sculpture
Date: 1777
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Nini, 1717 - 1786
Copy after: Thomas Walpole, 1755 - 1840
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
Medium: Terra-cotta medallion
Dimensions: 9.5 × 1.6 cm (3 3/4 × 5/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
Business and Finance
Legislators
Arts and Culture
Writers
Dress accessories
Printer
Eyeglasses
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Signer of Declaration
Public officers
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Tradesman
Headgear
Continental congressman
Science and Technology
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Men
Philanthropists
Hats
Politics
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Postmasters
Provenance: (William H. Schab, Rare Books, Manuscripts, Prints & Drawings); purchased NPG 1966
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Michael Gratz
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Drawing
Date: after 1808
Artist: William Edward West, 10 Dec 1788 - 2 Nov 1857
Copy after: Thomas Sully, 19 Jun 1783 - 5 Nov 1872
Sitter: Michael Gratz, 1740 - 8 Sep 1811
Medium: Pastel on paper
Dimensions: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Richard N. Tetlie
Topics: Business and Finance
Merchants
Businessperson
Men
Shipper
Portraits
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Alexander Hamilton
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Sculpture
Date: 1794
Artist: Giuseppe Ceracchi, 4 Jul 1751 - 31 Jan 1801
Sitter: Alexander Hamilton, 11 Jan 1757 - 11 Jul 1804
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: With Socle: 57.2 × 30.5 × 26.7 cm (22 1/2 × 12 × 10 1/2")
Base diameter: 17.8 cm (7")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Legislators
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Literature
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Government
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Secretary of Treasury
American Revolution (1775-1783)
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Provenance: (M. Knoedler & Co., Inc.), New York; purchased NPG 1966
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Samuel Smith
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: c. 1800
Artist: Gilbert Stuart, 3 Dec 1755 - 9 Jul 1828
Sitter: Samuel Smith, 27 Jul 1752 - 22 Apr 1839
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Frame: 91.4 x 78.7 x 7.6 cm (36 x 31 x 3")
Stretcher: 74.3 × 61.9 × 3.2 cm (29 1/4 × 24 3/8 × 1 1/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dr. and Mrs. B. Noland Carter in memory of the Misses Mary Coles Carter and Sally Randolph Carter
Topics: Business and Finance
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Senators
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Provenance: Family descent to B. Noland Carter, Cincinnati ; gift 1966 to NPG.
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Thomas McKean
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: after 1787
Attribution: Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827
Sitter: Thomas McKean, 19 Mar 1734 - 24 Jun 1817
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Sight: 69.9 x 55.9cm (27 1/2 x 22")
Frame: 82.9 x 70.2 x 5.1cm (32 5/8 x 27 5/8 x 2")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of the collection of George Buchanan Coale, 1926
Topics: Justice
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Books and reading
Home Furnishings
Governors
State Supreme Court Justice
Printed Material
Colonial statesman
Statesman
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Hair Accessory
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Law and Crime
Politics
Judges
Provenance: George Buchanan Coale, Baltimore; his daughter Mary Buchanan Redwood [Mrs. Francis T. Redwood], Baltimore; gift to Smithsonian; transferred from NCFA to NPG 1966.
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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: c. 1773
Artist: Henry Benbridge, 20 Oct 1743 - 25 Jan 1812
Sitter: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 25 Feb 1746 - 25 Aug 1825
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Stretcher: 76.7 x 64 x 3.8cm (30 3/16 x 25 3/16 x 1 1/2")
Frame: 92.7 x 79.4 x 6.7cm (36 1/2 x 31 1/4 x 2 5/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frame conserved with funds from the Smithsonian Women's Committee
Topics: Presidential candidate
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Exhibition Label: Born Charles Town (now Charleston), South Carolina
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was a leading South Carolina lawyer, military figure, and statesman, whose wealth stemmed from the labor of those he enslaved on his rice plantations. Educated in England, he was an active participant in the colonial government and served in the royal militia before siding with the rebels and becoming a captain in the Continental Army.
Around 1773, Henry Benbridge portrayed Pinckney in a red British uniform coat. Pinckney later asked the artist to repaint the garment’s color to represent his new allegiance. Traces of red remain visible along the edges of the sitter’s left sleeve.
After the Revolution, Pinckney served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. When Northern delegates argued that the Constitution should ban the import of African people, he proposed the compromise that allowed it to continue for another twenty years, until 1808.
Nacido en Charles Town (hoy Charleston), Carolina del Sur
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney era un prominente abogado, militar y estadista de Carolina del Sur cuya riqueza provenía del trabajo de personas esclavizadas en sus plantaciones de arroz. Educado en Inglaterra, participó activamente en el gobierno colonial y sirvió en la milicia real antes de aliarse a los rebeldes y ser capitán en el Ejército Continental.
Hacia 1773, Henry Benbridge lo retrató con la casaca roja del uniforme británico. Luego Pinckney pidió al artista que repintara la ropa para reflejar su nueva filiación. En los bordes de la manga izquierda aún pueden verse rastros del rojo.
Tras la Revolución, Pinckney fue delegado a la Convención Constitucional de 1787. Cuando los delegados del norte alegaron que la Constitución debía prohibir la importación de personas africanas, Pinckney propuso un término medio que permitió continuar la práctica 20 años más, hasta 1808.
Provenance: (Kennedy Galleries, New York); purchased 1967 NPG.
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Samuel Chase
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: 1811
Artist: John Wesley Jarvis, 1780 - 14 Jan 1840
Sitter: Samuel Chase, 17 Apr 1741 - 19 Jun 1811
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: Frame: 90.2 × 77.5 cm (35 1/2 × 30 1/2")
Board (Wood): 71.4 × 57.6 × 1.3 cm (28 1/8 × 22 11/16 × 1/2")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Justice
Legislators
Government
Portraits
Lawyers
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Men
Signer of Declaration
Public officers
Law and Crime
Politics
Judges
US Supreme Court Justice
Provenance: Estate of Edward Macauley, San Francisco, executrix his daughter Barbara Macauley Brown, San Francisco; purchased 1967 through (Victor D. Spark, New York) by NPG.
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George Washington
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1785
Artist: Valentine Green, 1739 - 1813
Copy after: Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827
Sitter: George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Medium: Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 51.5 x 36.9 cm (20 1/4 x 14 1/2")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Cannon
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Painted by J. Brown in Philadelphia. Richard delin. Londini.
J. Brown Excudit.
V. Green fecit. Mezzotinto Engraver to the King of Great Britain and the Elector Palatine.
GENERAL WASHINGTON.
From an Original Picture in the possession of M c Brune. Published by him April 22 d 1782, and Sold at N o 10, George Yard, Lombard Street, London.
Nathanael Greene
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1785
Artist: Valentine Green, 1739 - 1813
Copy after: Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827
Sitter: Nathanael Greene, 7 Aug 1742 - 19 Jun 1786
Medium: Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 50.1 x 35.2 cm (19 3/4 x 13 7/8")
Sheet: 53 x 35.2 cm (20 7/8 x 13 7/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Soldiers
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Iron
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Del. Peale. Phila. 1782. Richd. Del. delin.
Jos. Brown sculp.
J. Green sculp. Mezzotinto Engraver to the King of Great Britain and the Elector Palatine.
GENERAL GREEN
For the use of the Picture in the Possession of Mr. Brown. Published by him April 22 d 1782 and sold at N o 10, George Yard, Lombard Street, London.
John Paul Jones
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: c. 1779
Artist: Johann Elias Haid, 1739 - 1809
Sitter: John Paul Jones, 6 Jul 1747 - 18 Jul 1792
Medium: Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 30.5 x 24.4cm (12 x 9 5/8")
Sheet: 34.3 x 24.6cm (13 1/2 x 9 11/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Optical Devices
Congressional Gold Medal
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Headgear
Tricorne
Vehicles
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Officer
IOHANN PAUL IONES, Befehlshaber einer Schwadron in Diensten DER 13. VEREINIGTEN PROVINZEN VON NORD - AMERIKA. 1779.
zu finden in Augsburg bey J. E. Haas u. Sohn.
Reverend Justus Henry Christian Helmuth
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: c. 1795
Artist: John Eckstein, 1736 - 1817
Sitter: Rev. Justus Henry Christian Helmuth, 16 May 1745 - 5 Feb 1825
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 78.8cm x 71.1cm (31" x 28"), Accurate
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Books and reading
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Provenance: John L. Helmuth, East Hampton, N.Y.; (James Abbe, Jr., Oyster Bay, N.Y.); purchased 1967 NPG.
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Thomas Jefferson
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1798-99
Artist: Michel Sokolnicki, 1760 - 1816
Copy after: Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 12 Feb 1746 - 15 Oct 1817
Sitter: Thomas Jefferson, 13 Apr 1743 - 4 Jul 1826
Medium: Color aquatint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 24.7 x 20.6 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/8")
Sheet: 26.7 x 22.2 cm (10 1/2 x 8 3/4")
Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
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Architects
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Secretary of State
Governors
Founder
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Robert Fulton
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Sculpture
Date: 1803 (cast 1908)
Cast after: Jean-Antoine Houdon, 1741 - 1828
Sitter: Robert Fulton, 14 Nov 1765 - 25 Feb 1815
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 72.4cm (28 1/2"), Accurate
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Art
Arts and Culture
Businessperson
Portraits
Science and Technology
Portraitist
Inventors
Men
Shipper
Civil engineer
Engineers
Artists
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Benjamin Franklin
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1777
Artist: Johann Martin Will, 1727 - 1806
Copy after: Charles Nicholas Cochin, 1715 - 1790
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
Medium: Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 30.1 x 23.5 cm (11 7/8 x 9 1/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
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Legislators
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Arts and Culture
Writers
Dress accessories
Quill
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Printer
Eyeglasses
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Colonial statesman
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Dessein par C.N. Cochin Chevalier de l'Ordre du Roi, en 1777.
Ioh. Martin Will excudit Aug. Vind.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
Né à Boston, dans la nouvelle Angleterre le 17. Janvier 1706.
George Rogers Clark
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: c. 1810
Attribution: C. D. Cook, active c. 1810
Sitter: Gen. George Rogers Clark, 19 Nov 1752 - 13 Feb 1818
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 68.6cm x 57.1cm (27" x 22 1/2"), Accurate
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
Explorers
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Portraits
Home Furnishings
Reformers
Science and Technology
Brigadier General
Pioneer
Globe
Military and Intelligence
Men
Revolutionary
Officer
Provenance: (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1969 NPG.
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Horatio Gates
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: c. 1782
Artist: James Peale, 1749 - 24 May 1831
Copy after: Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827
Sitter: Horatio Gates, 26 Jul 1727 - 10 Apr 1806
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Stretcher: 58.4 x 48.3 x 2.5cm (23 x 19 x 1")
Frame: 77.5 x 67.3 x 5.1cm (30 1/2 x 26 1/2 x 2")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Mr. Lawrence A. Fleischman
Topics: Sky
Legislators
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Officer
Exhibition Label: Born Maldon, England
British army officer Horatio Gates fought in the French and Indian War (1754–63), rising to the rank of major before peace ended his advancement. Frustrated, Gates resigned from the army and immigrated to North America. In 1773, he purchased a 659-acre plantation in present-day West Virginia and enslaved laborers to work the land.
When the American Revolution broke out, Gates joined the Continental Army, advancing to the rank of major general in May 1776. He was awarded a congressional gold medal for his “brave and successful efforts” leading to the surrender of General John Burgoyne and his whole army at Saratoga in October 1777. But his reputation was ruined by his defeat at Camden in 1780. “Was there ever so precipitous a flight?” jested Alexander Hamilton about Gates’s hasty retreat. “It does admirable credit to the activity of a man at his time of life.”
Nacido en Maldon, Inglaterra
El oficial del ejército inglés Horatio Gates luchó en la Guerra Franco-Indígena (1754–63) y ascendió al rango de mayor antes de que la paz frenara su progreso. Frustrado, Gates renunció al ejército e inmigró a Norteamérica. En 1773 compró una plantación de 659 acres en la actual Virginia Occidental y allí tuvo trabajadores esclavizados.
Al estallar la Guerra de Independencia, Gates se unió al Ejército Continental, ascendiendo al rango de mayor general en mayo de 1776. Recibió una medalla congresional de oro por sus “gestiones valientes y exitosas” para conseguir la rendición del general John Burgoyne y todo su ejército en Saratoga en octubre de 1777. Pero su fama quedó arruinada por su derrota en Camden en 1780. “¿Se ha visto antes huida tan precipitada?”, bromeó Alexander Hamilton sobre la veloz retirada de Gates. “Eso habla muy bien de la condición física de un hombre de sus años”.
Provenance: Estate of Isabelle Middleton Hanchin; (another New York dealer); (Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York); purchased with gift from Lawrence A. Fleischman 1969.
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Benjamin Franklin
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Sculpture
Date: after 1777
Artist: Unidentified Artist
Copy after: Jean Jacques Caffieri, 25 Apr 1725 - 21 Jun 1792
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
Medium: White marble
Dimensions: 56.8cm (22 3/8"), Accurate
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
Business and Finance
Legislators
Arts and Culture
Writers
Printer
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Signer of Declaration
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Provenance: (M. Knoedler & Co., Inc.), New York; purchased NPG 1969
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Charles Lee
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1775
Artist: Unidentified Artist
Copy after: Thomlinsen
Publisher: C. Shepherd
Sitter: Charles Lee, 26 Jan 1731 - 2 Oct 1782
Medium: Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 32.4 x 23.3 cm (12 3/4 x 9 3/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Landscapes
Symbols & Motifs
Cannon
Weapons
Swords
Military and Intelligence
Men
Portraits
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Flags
Battleground
Officer
[None]
Alexander MacWhorter
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Silhouette
Date: c. 1803-07
Artist: Isaac Todd, ? - c. 1811
Sitter: Alexander MacWhorter, 15 Jul 1735 - 20 Jan 1807
Medium: White paper on black fabric
Dimensions: Diameter: 9.5 cm (3 3/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Marvin Sadik
Topics: Legislators
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Pastor
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University administrator
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