General Putnam Leaving the Plow for the Defence of His Country

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General Putnam Leaving the Plow for the Defence of His Country
General Putnam Leaving the Plow for the Defence of His Country
Artist/Maker
Dateunknown
MediumColor lithograph on paper
DimensionsComposition: 8 3/4 in. × 13 in. (22.2 × 33 cm) Sheet: 10 × 14 in. (25.4 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.167
Not on view
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Provenance 1959: Hamilton College, by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Inscribed Entitled in typeset along bottom edge: GENL. PUTNAM LEAVING HIS PLOW FOR THE DEFENSE OF HIS COUNTRY.; inscribed in pencil on verso at lower left corner: HC 135; in pencil on verso at lower left corner: BOX 2
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