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A view of Col. Johnson's engagement with the savages (commanded by Tecumseh) near the Moravian town, October 5th, 1812. [i.e., 1813]

  • ARTIST: Nathaniel Deerborn

  • MEDIUM: Woodcut.

    DATE: 1846

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 1/4 x 13 5/8" (10 x 34.5) cm plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: A dramatic image of the October 1813 “Battle of the Thames.” (Miss dated on the print). This major encounter occurred near present day Chatham, Ontario, approximately fifty miles east of Detroit along the Thames River. An American force under 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. Prominent features are numbered; includes a corresponding key printed below. Engraved by Nathiel Deerborn (1786-1752) after the earlier print that was engraved by Abel Bowen. The Able Bowen imprint appeared in, “History of the discovery of America... and their most remarkable engagements with the Indians.” By Henry Trumbull, Boston. Published by J.P. Peaslee. We are not certain exactly when this re-engraving appeared but it certainly look to have been a folding book plate. Dearborn apprenticed to Abel Bowen and went out on his own in 1814.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition save for some minor creasing along fold lines. Original hand coloring.

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