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Cartoon

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

ca. 1790

GUSN

GUSN-26165

Description

Printed cartoon on blue paper depicting General Arthur St. Clair being chased by Indian w/ caption "He who fights and runs away/ May fight or run another day--Wabash" (St. Clair was routed in battle of Wabash). In wood frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cartoons (working drawings)
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
woodcut (process)
battles
Unidentified Paper
Woodcut
Transfer Printed
Battle
CARTOON

Inscription

In pen along dexter edge is script ""Lewis Harris June 1817"".

Associated Building

Gilman Garrison House (Exeter, N.H.),

People and Organizations

Gen. Arthur St. Clair

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9 x 10 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of William Perry Dudley

Accession Number

1966.1399

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