Washington - généralissime des Americains, libérateur des Etts-Unis / dessiné par Bonnieu d'apres un tableau fourni par M. le Marquis de la Fayette ; gravé par Chevillet. – 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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This antique engraving of Washington - généralissime des Americains, libérateur des Etts-Unis / dessiné par Bonnieu d'apres un tableau fourni par M. le Marquis de la Fayette ; gravé par Chevillet. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Washington - généralissime des Americains, libérateur des Etts-Unis / dessiné par Bonnieu d'apres un tableau fourni par M. le Marquis de la Fayette ; gravé par Chevillet.
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Few portraits of George Washington carry a French lineage as direct as this one, which calls him the "généralissime" of the Americans and the liberator of the United States. Bonnieu drew the design from a painting supplied by the Marquis de Lafayette, the young French nobleman who served under Washington during the Revolutionary War, and Chevillet engraved it. The record dates the print to the late 1770s or 1780s, a period when French enthusiasm for the American cause was high and Washington's image was circulating widely in France. The print presents him as a military commander first, a figure of public heroism rather than a private individual.
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [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 | 1,135 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-122367 |
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