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St. George’s “Triumphant Entry into Philadelphia”

Richard Mansergh St. George sketched this scene of his wounded self, wrapped in a blue blanket, being evacuated to Philadelphia following the Battle of Germantown. He added a light-hearted title to the sketch: “My Triumphant Entry into Philadelphia.” The man draping the blanket over St. George is probably his servant Bernard, the Irishman who accompanied St. George to America. The soldier walking at the right could be Corporal George Peacock, who rescued St. George from the battlefield. St. George probably created this sketch during his recovery period in Philadelphia. 

My Triumphant Entry into Philadelphia 
Drawn by Richard Mansergh St. George
1777-1778
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Courtesy of the Harlan Crow Library, Dallas, Texas

St. George’s Triumphant Entry into Philadelphia

Richard Mansergh St. George sketched this scene of his wounded self, wrapped in a blue blanket, being evacuated to Philadelphia following the Battle of Germantown. He added a light-hearted title to the sketch: “My Triumphant Entry into Philadelphia.” The man draping the blanket over St. George is probably his servant Bernard, the Irishman who accompanied St. George to America. The soldier walking at the right could be Corporal George Peacock, who rescued St. George from the battlefield. St. George probably created this sketch during his recovery period in Philadelphia. 

My Triumphant Entry into Philadelphia 
Drawn by Richard Mansergh St. George
1777-1778
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Courtesy of the Harlan Crow Library, Dallas, Texas