Joseph Yeager
Battle of New Orleans and Death of Major General Packenham

ArtistAmerican, c.1792–1859, active Philadelphia, 1800–1825
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Battle of New Orleans and Death of Major General Packenham
Datec. 1815–1816
PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumEtching, engraving, aquatint, and watercolor on wove paper, state I
DimensionsPlate: 15 7/8 × 20 3/4 in. (40.3 × 52.7 cm)
Sheet: 18 × 22 1/2 in. (45.7 × 57.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by C. Pharr Duson, Joe H. Foy, Irvin L. Levy, and Sidney V. Smith in honor of Isaac Arnold, Jr. at "One Great Night in November, 1991"
Object numberB.91.47
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Provenance[The Philadelphia Print Shop, Philadelphia]; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on recto, below image: West. Del. J. Yaeger fc. / BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS / AND DEATH OF MAJOR PACKENHAM / On the 8th of January 1815. / Copy Right Secure'd Accordg to Law Published and Sold by J. Yaeger No 103 Race St.[t superscript with two vertical lines underneath] Philada[a superscript with two vertical lines underneath]

Inscribed on recto, lower right: Portrait of Mi[---]ell Jackson vignette / ? catalogue - 1st state very rare Philadelphia [in pencil]

Inscribed on verso: 51[contained in circle], 14382 [in pencil]
[no marks]

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