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Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object name |
Engraving |
Title |
Washington's Farewell to his Officers |
Artist or maker |
Phillibrown,Thomas |
Artist or maker |
Chappel, Alonzo |
Date |
1858 |
Place of origin |
United States |
Materials and techniques |
ink on paper |
Physical description |
Crowded room with flags; Washington embracing General Knox in center of engraving. Title appears beneath image. |
Historical context |
After the British evacuated New York in November 1783, Washington made a triumphal entrance into the city and met with officers for the last time at Fraunces Tavern on December 4. This image shows a crowded room with flags, and Washington embracing Henry Knox in the center. This image was copied after a painting by Alonzo Chapel (1828-1887) now in the collection of the Chicago Historical Society. Chappel closely followed the nineteenth century accounts written by Schroeder and other biographers which mention a moving embrace by Washington and his officers. |
Catalogue number |
1983.01.004 |
Collection name |
Drawings and Prints |
Credit line |
Collection of Fraunces Tavern Museum |
People |
Chappel, Alonzo Phillibrown, Thomas Washington, George |
Subjects and places |
American presidents American Revolution Fraunces Tavern Washington's Farewell |