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Description Hamilton-burr-duel.jpg |
English:
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. While it is known that some duels did indeed take place at very short distances such as this, 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. |
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Date | |||||
Source | 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. | ||||
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