Washington’s war tent

Among Histroops:washington’swartent in a Newly Discovered Watercolor, a publication newly released by the Museum of the American Revolution, provides a rare eyewitness view into the Revolutionary War.the book, written by the museum’s curatorial team, explores the museum’s May 2017 discovery of a watercolor painting featuring the only known depiction of General George Washington’s headquarters tent in the field. This same tent is presented in all its historic drama at the Museum of the American Revolution.

An installation shot of John White Alexander’s portrait of Katherine Duer Mackay. Photo by Lee Pfalmer. Image courtesy W. M. Keck Museum and The Lilley Museum of Art, University of Nevada Reno.

A close-up of the watercolor depicting Washington’s tent at Verplanck’s Point. Courtesy Museum of the American Revolution.