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[Statue of Comte de Rochambeau, Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Print

[Statue of Comte de Rochambeau, Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.], [between 1890 and 1940] — historic photograph
[Statue of Comte de Rochambeau, Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.], [between 1890 and 1940]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Statue of Comte de Rochambeau, Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Statue of Comte de Rochambeau, Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.]

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Rochambeau's bronze figure stands in Lafayette Park, the square across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, and this view of it comes from the Underwood & Underwood studio, a firm known for mass-produced stereoviews and news photographs in the decades around 1900. Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, commanded the French expeditionary force that helped American forces win the Revolutionary War, and his army's role in the siege at Yorktown in 1781 was decisive. The statue's placement near the Lafayette monument reflects the Franco-American alliance that the park's sculptures were meant to honor.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1940]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1940.
NotesPhotographic print by Underwood & Underwood.
SubjectsRochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur,--comte de,--1725-1807--Statues. Sculpture--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1940. Lafayette Park (Washington, D.C.)--Statues--1890-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,266 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-184137

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