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Lot 87: (ROGERS, ROBERT)

Est: $800 USD - $1,200 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USDecember 01, 2005

Item Overview

Description

Major Robert Rogers, Commander in Chief of the Indians in the Back Settlements of America. [London:] Published as the Act directs by Thomas Hart, 1 October 1776

Mezzotint portrait engraving (14 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.; 358 x 235 mm), by Johann Martin Will; sheet creased and so printed central lower left, trimmed within platemark. Matted, framed, and glazed.

NOTE

Best known as the commander of the celebrated Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War, Robert Rogers recruited one of the most successful Loyalist corps, the Queen's Rangers, in New York and Connecticut in 1776.

Artist or Maker

Auction Details

William Guthman Collection of Manuscript, Printed, and Graphic Americana

by
Sotheby's
December 01, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US