December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
UNKNOWN AMERICAN ARTIST. "Lieutenant Robert N. Yates, US Rifle Regiment, 1814." Mixed media (watercolor, fabric, ink and graphite) on paper, 3 3/4 x 2 7/8 inches oval (view), inscribed below image in ink: "Lieut. Robert N. Yates db / Died Augt. 20th. 1814 / Aged 24 Years, 8 Mons. & 9 Days"; under eglomise mat in glazed, carved and gilded frame. Towards the close of the siege of Fort Erie, General Gaines sent Lt. Yates out with a reconnoitering party of riflemen and infantry to "to look at the British lines." It was ambushed by a party of Indians concealed in the woods and driven back with casualties, among which included Yates and a few of his men killed. Robert Yates (1789-1814) was from the Schenectady, NY area. This is one of a handful of known portraits of Rifle officers from the War of 1812.