His Excellency Nathaniel Green, Esq., Major General of the American Army

John Norman|Major General Nathanael Greene

1781 · Line and stipple engraving · Drawings and Prints

A bust length portrait of Nathaniel Green in uniform, facing right within an oval frame topped with swags, set over a small landscape that shows a woman allegorically representing America, nursing two children representing different races, and looking back at British and American armies confronting one another. Published as an illustration in "An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United States, from its commencement to the end of the war," Boston, printed by Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge, 1781, v. 1, frontispiece.

Artist

John Norman|Major General Nathanael Greene

Date

1781

Medium

Line and stipple engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Dr. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, in memory of her husband, Professor Maan Z. Madina, 2014