Major General Benjamin Lincoln, of the Revolutionary Army of the United States.

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• ARTIST: Col. H. Sargent

• PUBLISHER: Published in Boston.

• MEDIUM: Mezzotint engraving,

  DATE: 1811

• EDITION SIZE: Image 17 11/16 x 13 11/16" (450 x 346 mm) plus title and margins.

• DESCRIPTION: Engraved by J. R. Smith. General Lincoln, once one of Washington's war commanders, successfully routed an army of dissenters in "Shay's Rebellion" of 1786. Outraged working class farmers, laborers and veterans tried to start a revolution against the bourgeoisis of Boston. Wealthy merchants quickly paid for the assembling of Lincoln's army.

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• CONDITION: Good condition but for some minor paper damage along the edges.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Revolutionary War Figures