Major General David Wooster.

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• PUBLISHER: Published in "An Impartial History of the War in America", London.

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

  DATE: 1780

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 3/4 x 4" (17.1 x 10.2 cm) plus title and margins.

• DESCRIPTION: Published in An Impartial History of the War in America, London, circa 1780. This print shows General David Wooster (1711–1777), brigadier general of the Connecticut militia, who fought alongside Benedict Arnold during the British raid on Danbury in April 1777. As the enemy retreated through Ridgefield after burning the town, Wooster led a flanking attack while Arnold confronted them on the main street. Wooster was mortally wounded along North Salem Road and died a few days later, remembered as one of Connecticut’s early Revolutionary heroes.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition save for a slightly uneven bottom margin.

• REFERENCE: #237 in "The American Revolution in Drawings and Prints: A Checklist of 1765-1790 Graphics in the Library of Congress" by Donald H. Cresswell.

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Revolutionary War Figures