The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, 3 January 1777 (unfinished version)

ca. 1786–88

On view, 2nd floor, American Art before 1900

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 26 × 37 in. (66 × 94 cm)
Credit Line: Trumbull Collection
Accession Number: 1832.6.2
Geography: Depicted Princeton, New Jersey
Culture: American
Period: 18th century
Classification: Paintings
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Provenance

Trumbull Collection, to 1832; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Helen A. Cooper et al., John Trumbull: The Hand and Spirit of a Painter (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1982), 63, 68, pl. 14, pl 15

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