Now On View: Portrait of Andrew Wallace

A veteran of the Battle of Brandywine in 1777, Andrew Wallace claimed that he pulled the Marquis de Lafayette to safety following the young general's wounding at the engagement. While difficult to prove, Wallace's story about his heroic act made him famous among Revolutionary War veterans in the early 1800s. Near the end of his life, Wallace sat for this portrait by Philadelphia artist John Neagle, who painted some of the last surviving veterans of the Revolutionary War. The portrait shows Wallace soon after his 100th birthday.

Wallace's portrait is now on view in the gallery The Ongoing Revolution.