Antique hand-colored engraving, “The Capture of Major André” after painting by Asher Brown Durand. John André (1751-1780) was a major in the British Army and head of its Secret Service in America during the American Revolutionary War. He was hanged as a spy by the Continental Army for assisting Benedict Arnold's attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York, to the British. SOURCE: ANTIQUE GLASS SLIDE

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