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Rare Early Philadelphia Lithograph
Rare early lithographic image of Camp Dupont, lithographed and published in Philadelphia.
Camp Dupont was organized on Oak Hill in the spring of 1814 in response to the threat of British attack on the Dupont gunpowder mills.
The image is based upon an aquatint originally published in The Martial Music of Camp Dupont (Philadelphia: George E. Blake, ca. 1816).
The entry for the print in on the Library Company of Philadelphia website notes:
View showing the War of 1812 camp for Pennsylvania volunteers above the Brandywine River, near Wilmington, De. In front of rows of tents, troops drill on foot, perform mock battles on horseback, and exercise their mounts. In the foreground, on the dirt road lining the fenced enclosure of the encampment, a man and supply wagon are stopped by sentries on guard as a carriage travels in the opposite direction. Camp Dupont was organized on Oak Hill in the spring of 1814 in response to the threat of British attack on the Dupont powder mills. The militia was largely comprised of volunteers from Philadelphia.
Childs & Inman are listed in the Philadelphia City Directory in 1831 as lithographers, southeast corner of Walnut and 4th Streets and in 1833 lithographers, corner of Walnut and 5th Streets
Rarity
The image is extremely rare.
Not in Wainwright.
OCLC lists only the copy at the Massachusetts Historical Society. We locate examples in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Winterthur Museum.
