Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1734-1803), wife of General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Schuyler" class="extiw" title="w:Philip Schuyler">Philip Schuyler</a>, is shown setting fire to her wheat fields to keep them from the enemy, whose imminent arrival is announced by a messenger. It is unknown whether she did burn her wheat fields, but the British did burn her house down during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saratoga" class="extiw" title="w:Battle of Saratoga">Battle of Saratoga</a>.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Emanuel_Leutze" class="extiw" title="w:en:Emanuel Leutze"><span title="American artist (1816-1868)">Emanuel Leutze</span></a>
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Image: Museum Associates/LACMA