Battle of Germantown

This painting depicts a scene from the Battle of Germantown, fought on October 4, 1777. On the right is a rendering of the Benjamin Chew House, where troops from the British 40th Regiment held off the attacking Continental Army in some of the bloodiest fighting of the battle. British Army light infantry Lieutenant Richard St. George Mansergh St. George, an Irish artist and veteran of the battle, commissioned this painting by Italian artist Xavier della Gatta in 1782. St. George is depicted in the foreground of the painting being carried off the battlefield after suffering a traumatic head wound in the opening moments of the action. He battled the long-term consequences of that wound for the rest of his life. 

Artwork Details

• Battle of Germantown
  Painted by Xavier della Gatta
  Naples, Italy
  1782
  Gouache on Paper
  Museum of the American Revolution
  2003.00.0494