Title

Arrest of General Richard Prescott, 1777 (c1880). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Arrest of General Richard Prescott, 1777 (c1880). British General Richard Prescott was captured by a small band of colonial soldiers at a farm on Rhode Island on 10th July 1777. He was taken to Providence, where he was held captive until he was exchanged for American General Charles Lee. A print from Cassell's History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume II, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1880

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C49_132

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (6,4Mb) / 17,2in x 11,3in / 5145 x 3387 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men country guy British weapon weapons gun guns pistol bed bedroom room surprise state capture war location century Britain rebellion arrest general surprised soldiers soldier revolution concept B&W Rhode Island captured MONOCHROME capturing warfare United States of America United States arresting black & white black and white B W weaponry 18th century American Revolutionary War Eighteenth Century American America USA The Print Collector American Revolution 1775-1783 American War of Independence 1775-1783 bedchamber engraving Unknown Richard Prescott Richard Edmund Edmund Ollier Ollier Prescott Edmund Ollier engraving