(Rogers, Robert, Major) — Johann Martin Will (after)Major Robert Rogers, Commander in Chief of the Indians in the Back Settlements of America. [London:] Published as the Act directs by Thomas Hart 1 October 1776 Mezzotint engraving (358 x 234 mm). By Johann Martin Will mounted on card with hinged mat; sheet creased and so printed central lower left, trimmed within platemark. Clamshell case. A striking portrait of the commander of the celebrated Rogers' Rangers "Rogers’ exploits in the French and Indian War as an organizer and leader of the 'rangers', and the publication at London in 1765 of his Journals and his Concise Account followed the next year. … By this time, however, his fundamental weaknesses of character were becoming well known, although as early as 1755, in order to escape prosecution for counterfeiting New Hampshire currency, he had entered a New Hampshire regiment. It was soon afterwards that he became a captain on William Johnson’s Crown Point expedition. In 1769 he was imprisoned at London for debt and in 1776 by Washington as a spy. He escaped to the British but dishonesty and dissipation kept him on the downhill road and he died in obscurity" (Streeter). REFERENCEStreeter sale 2:1032
(Rogers, Robert, Major) — Johann Martin Will (after)Major Robert Rogers, Commander in Chief of the Indians in the Back Settlements of America. [London:] Published as the Act directs by Thomas Hart 1 October 1776 Mezzotint engraving (358 x 234 mm). By Johann Martin Will mounted on card with hinged mat; sheet creased and so printed central lower left, trimmed within platemark. Clamshell case. A striking portrait of the commander of the celebrated Rogers' Rangers "Rogers’ exploits in the French and Indian War as an organizer and leader of the 'rangers', and the publication at London in 1765 of his Journals and his Concise Account followed the next year. … By this time, however, his fundamental weaknesses of character were becoming well known, although as early as 1755, in order to escape prosecution for counterfeiting New Hampshire currency, he had entered a New Hampshire regiment. It was soon afterwards that he became a captain on William Johnson’s Crown Point expedition. In 1769 he was imprisoned at London for debt and in 1776 by Washington as a spy. He escaped to the British but dishonesty and dissipation kept him on the downhill road and he died in obscurity" (Streeter). REFERENCEStreeter sale 2:1032
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