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The Battle of Germantown, by Xavier della Gatta, circa 1782
Credit: Museum of the American Revolution
In 1782 Italian artist Xavier della Gatta painted this imagined scene of the battle of Germantown, most likely for a British officer. On the right is his rendering of the Benjamin Chew House, where troops from the 40th British regiment held off the attacking Americans in some of the bloodiest fighting of the battle.