Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 Incident in Cherry Valley-Fate of Jane Wells

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GLC#
GLC08878.0070-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1856
Author/Creator
Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887
Title
Incident in Cherry Valley-Fate of Jane Wells
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 print : b&w Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 27.5 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Native Americans

One engraving entitled "Incident in Cherry Valley-Fate of Jane Wells" dated 1856. Depicts the Cherry Valley massacre, November 11, 1778. Jane Wells pleads for her life as a unknown man tries in vain to protect her from the axe of a Native American. In the background a house is burned by Native Americans and loyalist, led by Major Walter Butler and Mohawk Chief Joseph Bryant. Engraved by Thomas Phillibrown from the original picture by Alonzo Chappel.

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