George Washington Equer. général en chef de l'armée Anglo-Amériquaine, nommé dictateur par congrès en Fevrier 1777 – Vintage Wall Art
(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: George Washington Equer. général en chef de l'armée Anglo-Amériquaine, nommé dictateur par congrès en Fevrier 1777, preserved in this antique engraving. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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George Washington Equer. général en chef de l'armée Anglo-Amériquaine, nommé dictateur par congrès en Fevrier 1777
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Printed in Paris by the firm Esnauts et Rapilly, this French engraving gives Washington's title as commander in chief of the "Anglo-Amériquaine" army and describes him as named dictator by Congress in February 1777. That phrasing overstates the case. In February 1777, Congress gave Washington broad discretionary authority to raise and reorganize the army during the emergency, but it did not make him a dictator in any formal sense. The publisher's date is bracketed as 178-, so the sheet was likely issued during the 1780s, when French interest in the American war and its leaders was high after the alliance of 1778.
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
|---|---|
| Notes | Paris : Chez Esnauts et Rapilly rue St. Jacques, à la Ville de Coutances, A.P.D.R., [178-] |
| Subjects | Washington, George,--1732-1799. Military officers--American--1770-1790. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,081 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-122352 |
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