American School, 19th Century

in the original frame and stretchers.

Descended in the family of the present owner.

Chicago, Illinois, The Chicago Historical Society

This painting was reproduced on the cover of American Heritage, “The First Year of American Heritage – December, 1954 to October, 1955”, published June, 1955.

Old re-lining. On what appears to be the original stretchers. In the original gilt-wood and gesso frame.
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Depicting a scene from the Battle of Monouth on June 28, 1778, where Washington rallied his troops reversing the retreat of troops under the command of General Charles Lee, and confronted the British near Monmouth Courthouse (now Freehold, New Jersey). 

Other examples of this work are at the Frick Museum, New York, and the Chicago Historical Society.

The issue of American Heritage records: "the victory at Monmouth was the work not only of Washington (seen at the center of the painting, receiving captured colors) but also of the great drillmaster, von Steuben… This anonymous early Nineteenth-Century painting gets in everything, and is reproduced courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society."