Item 112: Colored Lithograph of Indian Brook dans la campagne du Cpte Phillips. Captain Phillips’ property by Louis Jules Frederic Villeneuve and Jacques-Gérard Milbert (Removed to Black Case #8), [1830]
File — Box: 21, Folder: 112
Dates
- Other: [1830]
Creator
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Lithograph
Condition Note:
Fair
Measurements:
18 ⅜ in. x 12 ¼ in.
Title:
Indian Brook dans la campagne du Cpte Phillips//Indian Brook in the Residence of Captain Phillips
Description:
A lithograph of a waterfall with some deer grazing. On July 16, 1780, a massacre had taken place during the Revolutionary War in Pennsylvania. Under the command of Captain William Phillips, a company of Bedford County Militia searched Woodcock Valley for invaders who had killed some settlers. While the troops split up, the remaining twelve men found themselves surrounded by approximately sixty Seneca Native Americans as well as British soldiers. Led by British Lieutenant John Dochstedder, a battle took place. Captain Phillips ultimately surrendered and was marched a half mile where he and ten soldiers were tied to trees and shot with arrows and muskets. A memorial now stands in their honor in Bedford County. This was featured in the Amérique Septentrionale - État de New-York. This print was illustrated by Jacques-Gérard Milbert and lithographed by Louis Jules Frederic Villeneuve. Louis Jules Frederic Villeneuve was born in Paris in 1796. He was a French 19th-century painter and lithographer who created many landscapes and architectural works. In 1817, he exhibited his artwork at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and studied with the instruction of Regnault. Later, in 1822, he exhibited his work at the Paris Salon annually for nineteen years. For more information on other works, visit the Art of Print website. Jacques-Gérard Milbert was born November 18, 1766 and was a French naturalist and artist. He studied under Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes who was a landscape painter and eventually taught drawing at the Parisian school of mines in 1795. He traveled to the United States in 1815 and stayed there for eight years where he would teach and travel the northeast. Milbert would eventually send 48 shipments of natural history specimens to the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. On October 20, 1823, he returned back to France and began his teaching again. He published many of his works including his studies from the United States. On June 5, 1840, he died.
The date of the manuscript has been ascertained by a comparison with a similar manuscript found on the Antipodean’s web page, where the publisher and year appear as follows, Paris & London: Ardit & Coindet, 1830.
Location:
Indian Brook in New York
Creator
Repository Details
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