Dennis Malone Carter

Dennis Malone Carter was born in Ireland, he immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1839. He settled in New York City, painting portraits and historical settings, where he died in July 1881. He is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.

• Name — Dennis Malone Carter • Born — c. 1820 • Birthplace — Ireland • Died — July 6, 1881 • Place of death — New York City • Known for — Painting • Notable Works — Decatur Boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat

• Year — Title — Image — Dimension — Collection — Comments • 1852 — Intrusion on the Realm of the Forest, oil on canvas — 39 × 49½ in. (99 × 125.73 cm.) — The collection of William B. Ruger — Subject: A group of Native Americans at the base of a wooded hill. • 1854 — Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth, oil — Fraunces Tavern Museum, New York — Subject: Molly Pitcher loading a cannon at the Battle of Monmouth during the American Revolutionary War, 1778. • 1856 — Molly Pitcher Being Presented to George Washington, oil — Monmouth County Historical Association, Freehold, New Jersey — Subject: Molly Pitcher presented to George Washington in commendation for her actions at the Battle of Monmouth. • 1856 — The Battle of New Orleans — — 19 × 25 in. (48.26 × 63.66 cm.) — The Historic New Orleans Collection, The L. Kemper and Leila Moore Williams Founders Collection — Subject: Andrew Jackson leading the American defense against the British at the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815. • 1866 — Lincoln's Drive Through Richmond — — Chicago History Museum — Subject: A crowd, mostly white, saluting Abraham Lincoln's carriage as it passes through Richmond, Virginia • 1878 — Decatur Boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat, oil — — 43 × 59 in. (109.2 × 149.9 cm.) — National Museum of the United States Navy, Naval Historical Foundation, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. — |Subjects: Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, Jr. (1779–1820); Midshipman Thomas Macdonough, Jr. (1783-1825). Scene: during the bombardment of Tripoli (in modern-day Libya), 3 August 1804 (during First Barbary War); US forces under command of Commodore Edward Preble (1761-1807). • 1854 — Farewell to the old home, oil — 36 x 50in (91.44 x 127cm.) — Subject: A young family outside a house in the forest, including a dog.