American Revolution Gallery

Laodicea Dicey Langston of South Carolina protecting her elderly father, a known supporter of the revolutionary cause, against Loyalist troops during the American Revolution. Mezzotint, 19th century, after a painting by Tompkins Harrison Matteson

SOUTH CAROLINA: LOYALISTS.
Laodicea Dicey Langston of South Carolina protecting her elderly father, a known supporter of the revolutionary cause, against Loyalist troops during the American Revolution. Mezzotint, 19th century, after a painting by Tompkins Harrison Matteson

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Anglo-American political philosopher and writer. Paine, holding the scroll Rights of Man, defending measures taken in revolutionary France and appealing to the English to overthrow their monarchy and organize a republic. Contemporary English cartoon, 1792. More caption information available

THOMAS PAINE (1737-1809).
Anglo-American political philosopher and writer. Paine, holding the scroll Rights of Man, defending measures taken in revolutionary France and appealing to the English to overthrow their monarchy and organize a republic. Contemporary English cartoon, 1792. More caption information available

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SAN FERNANDO DE OMOA, 1779. A British sailor offering a sword to an unarmed Spanish

SAN FERNANDO DE OMOA, 1779.
A British sailor offering a sword to an unarmed Spanish officer to defend himself in the Battle of San Fernando de Omoa, fought between the British and Spanish at San Fernando de Omoa, Guatemala, shortly after Spain entered the American Revolutionary War, October-November 1779. Engraving, late 18th or early 19th century

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