The Fair Virginian

The Fair Virginian. She wears her hair up decorated with pearls, feathers, ribbons and curls. Oval cameo portrait of an English planter's widow rumored to be the lover of General John Burgoyne after he freed her from captivity in Fort Ticonderoga, 1777. Copperplate engraving from Town and Country Magazine, A. Hamilton, London, March 1779

1777 American War Of Independence Cameo Captivity Oval Portrait Rumor Slave Owner Slave Trade

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