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RICHARD BRUNTON (d. 1843)
after John Trumbull (1756-1843)
Etching, 1781
Height 16.4, subheight 15.9, width 11.1, oval height 8.3, oval width 6.67

  

Boglewood 1709
Hart:  93
Wick: 13


 

Source image:
J ohn Trumbull, Type A.
Oil on canvas (1780)
  Text:
George Washington, / Commander in Chief of ye Armies of ye / United States of America. / Brunton Scupt.  [Legend in border:  "Don't tread on me".]
 

Version I:  As shown.  Collection:  American Antiquarian Society.

Published in:  Charles Wharton, A Poetical Epistle to his Excellency George Washington (Providence:  Bennett Wheeler, 1781).

Notes: 
      The engraving is based upon the earlier one by William Sharp which appeared in the 1780 London edition of Wharton's Poetical Epistle.  The Providence, Rhode Island, edition was first advertised in that city's American Journal and Daily Advertiser on 17 March1781 (Wick)
 

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