Invincibles, or, The New York Militia Muster
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
11 9/16 x 18 1/8 in. (29.4 x 46 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
Accession Number
54.90.1361
Tags
Art Historical Context
Created in 1836 by anonymous American artist, *Invincibles, or, The New York Militia Muster* captures a lively scene of citizen soldiers assembling for training. This lithograph portrays members of New York’s volunteer militia, complete with horses, brass instruments, and uniformed figures, reflecting the colorful pageantry of early 19th-century military musters. At a time when most able-bodied men participated in local militias, these events blended civic duty with community spectacle. Lithography, a relatively new printing technique in the 1830s, allowed artists to reproduce detailed, affor...