The Meeting of Greene and Gates at Charlotte, N.C.

The Meeting of Greene and Gates at Charlotte, N.C.
The Meeting of Greene and Gates at Charlotte, N.C.

The Meeting of Greene and Gates at Charlotte, N.C.

Date1898
Artist (American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"The Story of the Revolution," by Henry Cabot Lodge, in Scribner's Magazine, August 1898; reproduced in The Story of the Revolution, by Henry Cabot Lodge (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1898)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions23 1/4 x 35 1/4 in. (59.1 x 89.5 cm)
frame: 29 1/4 × 41 1/4 in. (74.3 × 104.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912
Object number1912-93
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ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextHere Howard Pyle illustrates the moment during the American Revolution when General Nathanael Greene arrives to take over the command of the southern armies from General Horatio Gates after Washington judged Gates ineffective.

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