The Attack upon the Chew House
Date1898
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"The Story of the Revolution," by Henry Cabot Lodge, in Scribner's Magazine, June 1898
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 × 36 1/4 in. (61 × 92.1 cm)
frame: 29 1/4 × 41 1/4 in. (74.3 × 104.8 cm)
frame: 29 1/4 × 41 1/4 in. (74.3 × 104.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-92
On View
On viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn 1897 Scribner’s Magazine commissioned Pyle to create twelve illustrations to accompany a year-long serialization of Henry Cabot Lodge’s “Story of the Revolution.” The Attack upon the Chew House depicts Washington’s troops attacking on the British General Howe’s encampment at Germantown, Pennsylvania, headquartered at the Chew House, in October of 1777.
