The Rescue–Sergeants Newton and Jasper of Marion's Brigade, rescuing American prisoners from a British guard, who had stacked their muskets while resting near a spring, South Carolina, 1779.
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Currier & Ives
Artist bio: American, active New York, 1857–1907
Artist role: Publisher
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1876
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: Image: 8 7/8 × 12 3/8 in. (22.6 × 31.5 cm)
Sheet: 12 11/16 × 15 9/16 in. (32.2 × 39.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
Accession year: 1963
Tags: Soldiers|Prisoners|American Revolution