Item 248: Photograph of an Engraving titled, “Wyoming,” by John C. McRae and Felix Octavius Carr Darley, no date
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 71
Dates
- Created: no date
Creator
- McRae, John C., active 1850-1880 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Photograph of Engraving
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
8 ½ in. x 11in.
Title:
Wyoming
Description:
This is a photograph of a painting depicting the Battle of Wyoming, in which British Loyalists and Iroquois fought against Patriots in the American Revolution in the Wyoming Valley. The painting only shows Iroquois attacking the settlers and some settlers trying to retreat.
According to Valley Views of Northeastern Pennsylvania, by Gilbert S. McClintock, “The well known Darley conception of a scene at the Wyoming Massacre.”
The Battle of Wyoming or Wyoming Massacre took place on July 3, 1778 in the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. It was a military engagement between the Patriot militia and a force of British Loyalist soldiers and Iroquois warriors that occured at the same time as the American Revolutionary War. About 300 Patriots died, the Americans suffering a great defeat. Many were killed by the Iroquois as they fled the battlefield or were taken prisoner. Much looting and burning of buildings transpired all over the Wyoming Valley. Many inhabitants of the area fled to the Pocono Mountains, Stroudsburg, Easton, and to the Susquehanna River in Sunbury. An inaccurate newspaper report claimed that many women and children had been reportedly massacred and unfortunately taken as fact for many years after.
John C. McRae was an American engraver active from 1850 to 1880.
Felix Octavius Carr Darley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 23, 1822. He was an illustrator best known for his works for James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Mary Mapes Dodge, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving and many more. He began as a staff artist at a Philadelphia publishing company and later his work appeared in Harper’s Weekly. He is also well known for his lithographic work for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” He died on March 27, 1888.
Location:
Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania
Transcription:
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Creator
- McRae, John C., active 1850-1880 (Person)
- Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822 – 1888 (Person)
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570-408-7823 (Fax)
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