The fair Virginian. The devoted General.
Date1779
Publisher
T. Walker
OriginIreland, Dublin
MediumEtching and line engraving on laid paper
DimensionsOH: 5 5/8" x OW: 8 1/2"; Plate H: 4 1/8" x 6 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1967-704
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "The fair Virginian./ The devoted General./ Published as the Act Directs by T: WALKER. N.o 79 Dame Street 1779."Label TextThis appeared in "Walker's Hibernian Magazine" published in Ireland from plates obtained from the London "Town and Country Magazine." The print is of two bust portraits in oval frames. The lady is supposedly a widow of a loyalist Virginia planter, who had been imprisoned in Ticonderoga by the Americans. The General is supposed to be General Burgoyne. When the widow was released from prison she is said to have accompanied the General to England.
ProvenanceBefore 1967, Mrs. Bertram A Yaeger, (Sykesville, Maryland); 1967-present, purchased by Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
January 28, 1778