1837 print ARREST OF MAJOR ANDRE AT TARRYTOWN, #67

Description: Roux_67 1837 print ARREST OF MAJOR ANDRE AT TARRYTOWN, #67 Print from steel engraving titled Arrestation du Major Andre au Bourg Tarry Town - Arrest of Major Andre at Tarrytown - from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amérique. Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, [1837], approx. page size 20.5 x 12 cm, approx. image size 14 x 9 cm, drawn by Vernier, engraved by Lebas. Arrest of Major John Andre, British army officer, on September 21, 1779, is a well known event in the U.S. War of Independence. From a set of illustrations for Roux de Rochelle's work on the United States. Roux de Rochelle, the French Minister to the U.S., included this volume in a large series entitled L'Univers. The American volume included 96 images of the United States and it was first issued in 1837. Beginning in 1839 the plates were reissued in several French editions, as well as editions in Italian, Spanish and German. André, John (b. May 2, 1750, London, Eng.--d. Oct. 2, 1780, Tappan, N.Y., U.S.), British army officer who negotiated with the American general Benedict Arnold and was executed as a spy during the U.S. War of Independence (1775-83). Sent to America in 1774, André became chief intelligence officer to the British commander in chief, General Sir Henry Clinton, in New York City. From May 1779 he carried on a secret correspondence with Arnold, who had become disillusioned with the American cause. In August 1780 Arnold was appointed commandant of the fort at West Point, N.Y., which, at a meeting with André on September 21, he agreed to surrender for 20,000. While returning to New York City, André was captured by three American militiamen; he failed to use the pass that Arnold had given him, and papers concerning West Point were found in one of his boots. A board of officers designated by General George Washington found him guilty of spying and condemned him to death. When General Clinton refused to exchange him for Arnold, who had escaped to British territory, André was hanged. He was mourned on both sides because of his personal charm and literary talent.

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