Framed black and white print of a family outfitting a man who is going to fight in the American Revolution in a wood frame painted gold. The scene has eight people: Militia man at door, older man preparing a gun, a woman kneeling at the front of man in uniform, a young boy kneeling with powder horn, an older woman with a sword, and a woman sitting down with a sleeping baby on her lap.
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Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P231
FA105
Matteson, Tompkins H., 1813-1884 (Engraver)
H.S. Sadd (Printer)
21 8/16 x 24 13/16 x 1 3/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.654
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