(Pennsylvania, 1808-1897)

Gen. Marion, in His Swamp Encampment Inviting a British Officer to Dinner, published by the Apollo Association for Promotion of Fine Arts in the U.S., 1840, after John Blake White, (American/South Carolina, 1781-1859), John Sartain, engraver, image 16-1/2 x 20-1/4 in., sheet 18-3/4 x 22-5/8 in.; black painted print frame, 24-1/4 x 28-1/4 x 1 in. 

Provenance: The Philadelphia Print Shop (information sheet verso); Rob Shaw Gallery, West Cola, South Carolina (stamp verso); Private South Carolina Collection

Note: The Apollo Association was an early American art union that promoted American artists by commissioning and distributing prints through a subscription service. "The Sweet Potato Dinner" was the inaugural print produced by the Apollo Association, depicting a historical scene of Revolutionary War General Francis Marion, also known as the "Swamp Fox" for the guerilla tactics he used in South Carolina, meeting with a British commander.