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Summary

Johannes Adam Simon Oertel: Pulling Down the Statue of King George III, New York City

Artist



Alternative names	Johannes A. Oertel; Johannes Adam Oertel; Johannes Oertel; johannes Adam Oertel
Description	American painter and cleric
Date of birth/death	3 November 1823	9 December 1909
Location of birth/death	Fürth	Vienna
Authority file	: Q6216496 VIAF: 50678251 ISNI: 0000000067068510 ULAN: 500032127 LCCN: n85286204 SUDOC: 192695487 WorldCat

Title

Pulling Down the Statue of King George III, N.Y.C.

Object type

painting

Description

English: Pulling Down the Statue of King George III, N.Y.C. Working decades after the event, the artist depicts an imagined, romanticized image of the scene. The painting shows the Sons of Liberty destroying the statue after the Declaration was read by George Washington to citizens and his troops in New York City on July 9, 1776. Despite the presence of Native Americans, women and children, eyewitness accounts place only soldiers, sailors and more of the rougher sorts of civilians at the event. Additionally, historical records indicate the statue depicted King George III of England in ancient Roman garb based on the Renaissance sculpture of a Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius, and not the contemporary 18th clothing depicted in this painting.

Date

circa 1852

Medium

painting

Collection

New-York Historical Society

	Native name	New-York Historical Society
	Location	New York City
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 45″ N, 73° 58′ 27″ W
	Established	1804
	Website	www.nyhistory.org
	Authority file	: Q1059456 VIAF: 139302409 ISNI: 0000000406262466 ULAN: 500303612 LCCN: n79017947 NLA: 35383196 WorldCat

Accession number

1925.6 (New-York Historical Society)

Notes

original uploader was Shoreranger at en.wikipedia, original Wikipedia upload date 20 May 2008

References

https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/3909/pulling-down-the-statue-of-king-george-iii-new-york-city

Source/Photographer

https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/pulling-down-statue-king-george-iii-new-york-city

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2008-05-20 18:43 Shoreranger 1000×773× (392139 bytes) Johannes Adam Simon Oertel. "Pulling Down the Statue of King George III, N.Y.C.", ca. 1859 Working decades after the event, the artist paints an imagined image of the scene. Despite the presence of Native Americans, women and children, eyewitness accoun

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