Kemmelmeyer painted the American forces in the 1790s during the Whiskey Rebellion. This remains one of the key sources for the appearance of the American forces of this time.
Washington Reviewing the Western Army, at Fort Cumberland, Maryland, after 1795
Attributed to Frederick Kemmelmeyer (German, ca. 1755–1821)
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This is the first stage of an excellent project. This is the corner tower of a recreation of the fort in the movie Drums Along the Mohawk...
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This came out in 1984. Was an excellent addition to a small set of books.
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This maker of figures is working on miniatures based around the theme Braddock's disaster. First up Natives and Canadians followed by B...
I'm curious about the paintings above. The background topography in both paintins is not the topography of the area around Fort Cumberland. Ft. Cumberland was a small fort and the immediate surrounding area would not accomodate a large number of soldiers. The topography in these paintings looks like the WV mountains along Rt. 220 south of Cumberland about 9 miles near a little village called Pinto, MD. This area could accomodate a large encampment of troops with fresh water nearby in the Potomac river near the base of those mountains.
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