Annual Delaware Antiques Show 2019

B U Y YOU R T I C K E T S T ODAY 3RD & CHESTNUT STREETS , PHI LADELPHIA WWW.AMREVMUSEUM.ORG Thomas Gainsborough depicted Irish officer Richard St. George in his British Army uniform in 1776, just before he shipped out to fight against the growing American Revolution. (above) Private Collection This bloodstained wallet was owned by Theobald Wolfe Tone, who led United Irishmen in their struggle for Irish independence from Great Britain in 1798. (right) © National Museum of Ireland S E P T EMBER 2 8 , 2 0 1 9 – MARCH 1 7, 2 02 0 S P E C I A L E X H I B I T I O N What can a life tell us about an era? This fall, follow the journey of Richard St. George, an Irish soldier and artist, whose personal trauma and untimely death reveal the entangled histories of the American Revolution of 1776 and the Irish Revolution of 1798.