Battle of Princeton: On the 3d. of Jan. 1777 Gen. Mercer while endeavoring to rally his broken detachment, was left in the rear. He was overtaken by the enemy and mortally wounded by bayonets. The house of Thomas Clark in which he expired (now standing) is seen in the distance

1st in pair of hand-colored stipple-engravings; General Mercer on ground near cannon, receiving mortal wounds from British bayonets. [See also: Victory at Trenton]. 1st in pair of hand-colored stipple-engravings; General Mercer on ground near cannon, receiving mortal wounds from British bayonets. [See also: Victory at Trenton]. Upright; margins intact; soiled. New York, Weyhe, 1943.

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Original record: Battle of Princeton: On the 3d. of Jan. 1777 Gen. Mercer while endeavoring to rally his broken detachment, was left in the rear. He was overtaken by the enemy and mortally wounded by bayonets. The house of Thomas Clark in which he expired (now standing) is seen in the distance
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1725 – 1777
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Subject(s): Combat in art
Continental Army
Death and burial
Engravings (Prints)
Mercer, Hugh
New York, Weyhe
Princeton, Battle of, Princeton, N.J., 1777
United States
Type: still image

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