Seeing no enemy, and themselves falling every moment from the fire
Date1893
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"The Braddock Campaign" from "An Unpublished Autograph Narrative by Washington," by Henry C. Pickering, in Scribner's Magazine, May 1893
MediumOil on board
Dimensions18 1/8 × 12 in. (46 × 30.5 cm)
frame: 22 1/8 × 16 in. (56.2 × 40.6 cm)
frame: 22 1/8 × 16 in. (56.2 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1915
Object number1915-18
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThe scene depicts the stricken British General Edward Braddock, whose collapse after being shot by American Revolutionary forces allowed General George Washington to take command as victor, earning him the title Hero of the Monongahela.
Barbara Schwinn Jordan
1948
