This painting by the great H Charles McBarron is the usual depiction of choice for the Legion of the United States and very good it is too. Thought I'd post this blockhouse picture too from about the same period as I tend to associate the Legion with forrtifications. Very much inspired by Roman models the Legion made fortified camps along their progress to Fallen Timbers.
Hello Ralphus,
ReplyDeleteI love drawings. What do you think is the date of that blockhouse drawing and where did you find it? Thanks in advance,
Christine
damn me I can't remember where I found it - think it was 1794...if I find it again I'll let you know
ReplyDeleteI found it http://www.philaprintshop.com/frchinpr.html
ReplyDeleteFrom Anburey’s Travels Through the Interior Parts of America vol. I (London, 1789).