Mrs. Schuyler Burning Her Wheat Fields on the Approach of the British, Emanuel Leutze, 1852

Catherine van rensselaer schuyler (1734-1803), wife of general philip schuyler, is shown setting fire to her wheat fields to keep them from the enemy, whose imminent arrival is announced by a messenger. It is unknown whether she did burn her wheat fields, but the british did burn her house down during the battle of saratoga. Object Type: painting. Genre: history painting. Date: 1852. Place of creation: United States of America. Dimensions: height: 32 in (81.2 cm); width: 40 in (101.6 cm). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Catherine Van Rensselaer. Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Mrs. Schuyler Burning Her Wheat Fields on the Approach of the British

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Author: Emanuel Leutze (1816–1868)Source: commons.wikimedia.org

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