After John Trumbull. “Greene from an Original Painting.”
From James Hardie's The New Universal Biographical Dictionary . . . New York: [1794]-1805. 5 ¾ x 3 ½ (image). Engraving by Tisdale. Light stain left hand side. minor soiling bottom left hand margin corner. Else, very good condition. Ref: William Loring Andrews, An Essay on the Portraiture of the American Revolution; 1896., p.78.
General Nathanael Greene (1742-1786) was an American military officer during the Revolutionary War. He is considered as one of the most talented American generals due to his successful campaigns in the South.
This print originally appeared in the New-York Magazine in 1794 and the original copper plate was used again ten years later for this publication.