National Museum of American History
Genl Israel Putnam: The Iron Son of "76" Effecting his Escape from British Dragoons
Sowle & Shaw · ca 1845
Hand colored print of General Israel Putnam (1718-1790) on horseback escaping from British troops. While Putnam had several heroic episodes during the American Revolution, this print depicts "Old Put" narrowly escaping the British in Greenwich on February 26, 1779 while he escaped out a window on his saddled horse and galloping off the edge of a rocky embankment while waving his sword in warning as he is being fired upon.
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