Battle of New Orleans and Death of Major General Packenham

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Artist Joseph Yeager (American, c.1792–1859, active Philadelphia, 1800–1825)American, c.1792–1859, active Philadelphia, 1800–1825

Artistafter William Edward West(1788–1857)1788–1857

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

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Provenance[The Philadelphia Print Shop, Philadelphia]; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Published References Stauffer 1907, no. 3433; Mugridge, Donald H., and Helen F. Conover. An Album of American Battle Art, 1755−1918. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1947; reprint, New York: Da Capo Press, 1972, pl. 48; Smith 1974, p. 186, no. 161; Tyler, Ron, ed. Prints of the American West: Papers Presented at the Ninth Annual North American Print Conference. Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1983, p. 5, no. 3; Deák, Gloria Gilda. Picturing America: 1497−1899. 2 vols. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988, no. 293; Drepperd, Carl W. "Three Battles of New Orleans." The Magazine Antiques 14 (August 1928), p. 130, illustrates the second state of this print. 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]

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