Horatio Gates, Esqr., Major General of the American Forces, 1778

Horatio Gates, Esqr., Major General of the American Forces, 1778

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Horatio Gates, Esqr., Major General of the American Forces, 1778
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Horatio Gates, Esqr., Major General of the American Forces, 1778
Date1778
PlaceLondon, England
MediumMezzotint with engraving on paper
DimensionsPlate: 14 × 9 7/8 in. (35.6 × 25.1 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/8 × 11 5/8 in. (43.4 × 29.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Richard B. Finger, Walter G. Finger, and Jonathan S. Finger, with Jerry E. Finger as a limited partner, in honor of Jack Trotter at "One Great Night in November, 1990"
Object numberB.90.12
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DescriptionEnglish-born Horatio Gates saw service with the British during the French and Indian War, and then returned to his home country. In 1772, he settled in Berkeley County, Virginia, purchasing a plantation there. At the outbreak of the Revolution, he became a brigadier general in the American forces and was soon promoted to major general. Gates is remembered for his victories over British forces led by major general John Burgoyne in the New York campaign of 1777, a turning point that brought France into the conflict on the American side. His later defeat at Camden, South Carolina, in 1780 left Gates in disgrace.
Provenance[The Old Print Shop, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1990.
Exhibition History"Radicals and Revolutionaries: America's Founding Fathers," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 10–May 28, 2018.

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