Salina B Bakerさんのイラストまとめ

The lovely faces of wives of British men who lost America in the American Revolution. #WomensHistoryMonth

*Margaret Gage wife of Thomas Gage
*Countess Mary Howe wife of Richard Howe
*Countess Jemima Cornwallis wife of Charles Cornwallis
*Queen Charlotte wife of King George III

I learned something new today. General Mordecai Gist of Maryland is represented in John Trumbull’s painting “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis” (back row, right side) #24 on the key to the painting. I knew Gist was at the siege & fought in the South, but I was unaware of this.

The Burial of General Simon Fraser after the Battle of Saratoga, 1777 original by John Graham. The first 2 men in the painting from left to right are Generals William Phillips & John Burgoyne. The man to the far right is Gen Friedrich Riedesel. Fraser is of course the dying man.

#OTD 1776 the Battle of Assunpink Creek was fought between GW & Cornwallis. In the smoke & confusion, Cornwallis called for his troops to fall back 3 times. When night fell, he declared, “I shall wait to bag the fox in the morning.” In the morning “the fox” & his army were gone.

18th C British & Hessian lovely women: Countess Mary Howe (1732-1800), wife of Admiral Lord Richard Howe; Jemima Cornwallis (1747-1779), wife of Gen Lord Charles Cornwallis; Baroness Frederika Riedesel (1746-1808), wife of Hessian General Friedrich Riedesel. #History #RevWar

#OTD 1776 GW opened a devastating letter from Charles Lee to Joseph Reed criticizing GW: “I receiv’d your most obliging flattering letter—lament with you that fatal indecision of mind which in war is a much greater disqualification than stupidity or even want of personal courage”

8 Oct 1777, Gen Simon Fraser died after he was shot at the Battle of Bemis Heights by one of Col Daniel Morgan’s riflemen (legend says Timothy Murphy). Baroness Riedesel helped care for him. He requested to be buried at the evening gun near the Great Redoubt attended by his men

John Adams in a letter following Bunker Hill:

“Alass poor Warren!...President of the Congress, Chairman of the Committee of Safety, Major General...was too much for mortal, and This Accumulation of Admiration upon one Gentleman, which among the Hebrews was called Idolatry...”

@agletterman He's an archangel so it'll be gone in a split second!

@joyofmuseums This is the same painter who painted Countess Mary Howe, Lord Richard Howe's wife. Gainsborough is considered one of the most important British artists of the second half of the 18th century.