ARTIST: Gabriel Miesse
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: Undated, circa 1820's.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 3/4 x 11 3/8" (195 x 289 mm).
DESCRIPTION: Engraved by G.L.F. Miesse. Pr. 50 Cent. This unusual print was engraved by a little known engraver. The only reference this author could locate for the artist was in “the New York Historical Society’s Dictionary of Artist in America, 1564-1860” by G. Groce and D. Wallace. “Gabriel Miesse (1807-?) Engraver, Born in 1807 at Reading Pa. Miesse settled in Greenville, Ohio at the age of twenty and there spent the rest of his life. In addition to his engraving he practiced ‘Sympathetic healing’ and dabbled in real estate and politics.” He is not listed in Stauffer or Fielding. On the web there is some reference to him in 1840 as “an old doctor of medicine & surgery” in Greenville and a death date of 1856. This engraving is very likely copied or pirated from the engraving by Ralph Rawdon and published by Shelton & Kensett in 1813. The image depicted the War of 1812 battle of Themes and which occurred near present day Chatham, Ontario. An American force under command of William Henry Harrison demolished an outnumbered force of British regulars and allied Indians. Shawnee leader, Tecumseh, fell in the battle, and his death marked the end of allied Indian power in the Old Northwest. The victory helped vault Harrison to national fame and ultimately the presidency. Rare. No other impressions could be located.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Very good condition. Black & white
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