Benedict Arnold Demands the Powder House Key - limited edition print

A Mort Künstler HERITAGE EDITION limited edition print. This limited edition is UNSIGNED.

LIMITED EDITION PRINTS

Giclée Canvas Prints
Reproduction technique: Giclées are printed with the finest archival pigmented inks on canvas.
Each print is numbered and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

Size: 21” x 32”
Numbered • Edition Size: 100

Custom framing is available for this print. Please call 800-850-1776 or email info@mortkunstler.com for more information.

Historical Information

Like a rolling wave, the stirrings of liberty swept across the American colonies in 1775 after British troops fired on colonial militiamen at Lexington, Massachusetts.  It was “the shot heard” round the world,” and it ignited the simmering tensions between distant Great Britain and the 13 colonies.   

After news of the Battle of Lexington reached New Haven, the impetuous Captain Benedict Arnold of the Connecticut militia, before he became infamous as a traitor, demanded the key to the King’s Powder House from New Haven’s Tory officials. He then armed and readied volunteers from the 2^nd Company of the Governor’s Foot Guards, and marched north to the aid of his countrymen in Lexington.  Throughout the Colonies, American citizen – soldiers responded to the patriots’ call from Lexington and prepared to defend home, land and liberty.