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Title
Burial of Braddock
Names
Lossing & Barritt (Wood engraver)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

American History -- 1750s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1883
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-175
Topics
Braddock, Edward, 1695?-1755
United States -- 1750-1759
Military personnel -- British -- United States -- 1750-1759
Funeral rites & ceremonies -- United States -- 1750-1759
Gravedigging
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Torches
Monongahela, Battle of the, Pa., 1755
Genres
Conjectural works
Notes
Content: George Washington reading the funeral service for Braddock by torchlight. Braddock was buried in the middle of a road to conceal his remains from desecration by the enemy.
Source note: Family history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time. (Hartford, Connecticut : Belknap, 1883) Lossing, Benson John (1813-1891), Author.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 21 x 12 cm (8 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17613315
Barcode: 33333159309075
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ee5fcdb0-c52f-012f-e56a-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1883: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Burial of Braddock" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1883. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f4a1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Burial of Braddock" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f4a1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1883). Burial of Braddock Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-f4a1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Burial of Braddock