Image: Hamilton-burr-duel

Size of this preview: 800 × 556 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 222 pixels | 904 × 628 pixels.

Original image ‎(904 × 628 pixels, file size: 329 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description: Illustration, "Duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. After the painting by J. Mund." The duel took place in Weehawken, New Jersey on July 11, 1804. Note: possibly due to artistic license and the problems of perspective and canvas size etc, the duellists are standing at an unusually short distance from each other. However, it is known that some duels did indeed take place at very short distances such as this, though most were fought where the opponents were standing approximately 50 feet apart. The protagonists are dressed in anachronistic 18th century dress, not the common fashion of the early 19th century.
Title: Hamilton-burr-duel
Credit: Lord, John, LL.D. (1902). Beacon Lights of History. Vol. XI, "American Founders." (London: James Clarke and Co Ltd. Republished as a Project Gutenberg eBook, 2004-01-08. eBbook no. 10644.
Author: Illustrator not identified. From a painting by J. Mund.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No

Image usage

The following 7 pages link to this image:

All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.