Item 252: Photograph Unknown, [no date] of “The Flag found after the Massacre at Wyoming,” Engraved by James Queen, Printed by Peter Stephen Duval, after a Drawing by Richard Smith, Copied from an Original in Color, (oversized, removed to Print Box #7) , 1840
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 75
Dates
- Created: 1840
Creator
- Queen, James 1820 or 1821 - 1886 (Person)
Access:
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Photograph
Condition Note:
Good, no issues.
Measurements:
7 ¼ in. x 8 13/16 in.
Title:
The Flag found after the Massacre at Wyoming
Description:
A photograph of an illustration of a flag found at the Massacre of Wyoming. This piece was illustrated by Richard Smith and engraved by James Queen and Peter Stephen Duval. 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.
James Queen, known for his composition and attention to detail, was the premier Philadelphia artist, lithographer, and chromolithographer. He was born in Philadelphia in either 1820 or 1821, and was the son of William Queen. William was a cordwainer and apprenticed under George Lehman and P. S. Duval. He later began a career around the age of 14 years old.
Peter Stephen Duval, (also known as P. S. Duval) was born around 1804 or 1805 in France and was the most prominent Philadelphia lithographer in the 19th century. He began his career by accepting a job from the printing firm of Childs & Inman. He established his own lithographic print shop in 1837 and later retired in 1869. The firm was run by Duval’s son for a few years after. On February 9, 1886, Duval died due to an “enlargement of the heart.”
Location:
West Point, New York, Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania
Creator
- Queen, James 1820 or 1821 - 1886 (Person)
- Duval, Peter Stephen, 1804 or 1805 - 1886 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu