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title: General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer From the Tomahawk of a North American Indian
author: Benjamin West
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14982/general-johnson-saving-a-wounded-french-officer-fr/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer From the Tomahawk of a North American Indian

_Authored by Benjamin West_

## Image File

[![General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer From the Tomahawk of a North American Indian](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14982.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14982.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Sir William Johnson](https://www.worldhistory.org/Sir_William_Johnson/) saves the life of French General Baron Dieskau after the [Battle](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/battle/) of Lake George, 1755, oil on canvas painting by Benjamin West, between 1764 and 1768.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

## Cite This Work

### APA
West, B. (2021, December 14). General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer From the Tomahawk of a North American Indian. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14982/general-johnson-saving-a-wounded-french-officer-fr/>
### Chicago
West, Benjamin. "General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer From the Tomahawk of a North American Indian." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 14, 2021. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14982/general-johnson-saving-a-wounded-french-officer-fr/>.
### MLA
West, Benjamin. "General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer From the Tomahawk of a North American Indian." *World History Encyclopedia*, 14 Dec 2021, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14982/general-johnson-saving-a-wounded-french-officer-fr/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johnson_saving_Dieskau.jpg) by [**Benjamin West**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johnson_saving_Dieskau.jpg). Submitted by [Harrison W. Mark](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/harrisonwmark/ "User Page: Harrison W. Mark"), published on 14 December 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.