Sujet

Barbara Frietchie's Defiance', (1878).

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'Barbara Frietchie's Defiance', (1878). Incident during the American Civil War: elderly Unionist Barbara Fritchie pleads with an occupying Confederate general to 'Shoot if you must this old gray head, but spare your country's flag'. Fritchie (1766-1862) died three months after the alleged incident. From "Our Country: a Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time", Volume 3, by Benson J. Lossing. [Johnson & Miles, New York, 1878]

Date

1878

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F13_255

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

59,7Mo (4,1Mo) / 46,6cm x 32,1cm / 5506 x 3792 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Gravure animal Femme Femmes Gens Homme Hommes cheval équitation cavalier drapeau drapeaux pays fenêtre défit courage vieux guerre endroit siècle bannière courageux courage dame concept courageux provoquant standard vieille femme 19e siècle Confédéré Guerre Civile Américaine dix-neuvième siècle Américain histoire historique Etats-Unis USA The Print Collector Felix Octavius Carr Darley gravure Barbara Miles war of secession Albert Bobbett Bobbett Albert Bobbett Alfred Alfred Bobbett Darley Felix Octavius Carr Felix O.C. Darley Darley Felix O.C. Felix Darley Darley Felix Benson John Lossing Lossing Benson John Benson J. Benson J Benson J. Lossing Benson J Lossing Johnson & Miles Johnson & confederates Barbara Fritchie Fritchie Hauer Frietchie Barbara Frietchie Barbara Hauer Frietschie Barbara Frietschie