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John Trumbull: The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777  wikidata:Q21886069 reasonator:Q21886069
Artist
John Trumbull  (1756–1843)  wikidata:Q369263
 
John Trumbull
Description American painter and architect
Date of birth/death 6 June 1756 Edit this at Wikidata 10 November 1843 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lebanon Edit this at Wikidata Category:New York
Work location
New York, London
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q369263
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777 Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Len,"The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777 displays several events at the Battle of Princeton. At the center, American General Hugh Mercer, with his horse beneath him, is mortally wounded. At the left, American Daniel Neil is bayoneted against a cannon. At the right, British Captain William Leslie is shown mortally wounded. In the background, American General George Washington and Doctor Benjamin Rush enter the scene.
Depicted people
Date circa 1787
date QS:P571,+1787-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–circa 1831
date QS:P571,+1831-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 51.1 cm (20.1 in); width: 75.9 cm (29.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,51.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,75.9U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1568434
Accession number
1832.6.1
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
References
Smithsonian Art Inventory Catalog, IAP 07260646
Yale University Art Galley (Descriptive data)
Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer, p. 333
Source/Photographer Yale University Art Gallery

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