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Alfred Jones

The Capture of Major Andre, 1845

Description

Maker

  • Robert Hinshelwood, 1812-ca. 1875, American
  • Alfred Jones, 1819-1900, English
  • After Asher Brown Durand, 1796-1886, American, associated artist/maker
  • James Smillie, 1807-1885, American

Title

The Capture of Major Andre

Year

1845

Medium

Engraving on wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • paper (fiber product)

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 34 x 45.7 cm (13 3/8 x 18 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Printed, below image: The Capture of Major Andre. From a painting by A. B. Durand in the collection of the Honble. James K. Paulding / Published by the American Art Union exclusively for the members 1845. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1846 by the American Art Union in the Clerks Office of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York”; at LL: “Paint by A. B. Durand”; at center: “Figures Engd. By Alfred Jones”; at LL: “Landscape Engd. by Smillie & Hinshelwood” and “Printed by W. E. Smith”

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

The Patricia Carroll Fitzgerald Mandel Print Collection

Object Number

2011.96.1

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is The Capture of Major Andre with the accession number of 2011.96.1. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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