“A Real American Rifle Man” — Line Engraving
Dublin, April 1776 — Frame: 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches; sight: 7 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches
 
A line engraving titled “A Real American Rifle Man,” published in the Hibernian Magazine (Dublin, April 1776), depicting a standing rifleman in characteristic frontier dress, musket at rest. Issued at the outset of the American Revolution, the image reflects contemporary European interest in the distinctive appearance and tactics of colonial marksmen, whose reputation for precision and irregular warfare quickly became emblematic of the American cause.
 
Condition: Very fine.