The Capture of Major André (Q18578704)
Label from: English (en)
movement:
Hudson River school (Q943853)
genre:
history painting (Q742333)
artist:
Asher Brown Durand (Q391608)
collection:
Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
location:
Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
country of origin:
United States of America (Q30)
owned by:
Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
location of final assembly:
United States of America (Q30)
depicts:
John André (Q605719)
New York (Q1384)
man (Q8441)
horse (Q726)
white people (Q235155)
letter (Q133492)
coat (Q152574)
hat (Q80151)
trousers (Q39908)
shirt (Q76768)
bow tie (Q14125)
waistcoat (Q2380327)
coonskin cap (Q3308807)
rock (Q8063)
Bag (Q406516)
cloud (Q8074)
tree (Q10884)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
catalog URL: http://www.artsbma.org/pieces/the-capture-of-major-andre/
information from the Birmingham Museum of Art catalog
description: Major John André (1750-1780) was a British spy hanged during the American Revolution for assisting Benedict Arnold's failed plot to surrender the fort at West Point, New York, to the British Army. This painting depicts the moment on September 23, 1780, when André was detained by armed militiamen near Tarrytown, New York, who discovered incriminating
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