[Charles de Gaulle] – Historic Print
![[Charles de Gaulle], 1966 June. — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/97/9772062ba4fb-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of [Charles de Gaulle]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Charles de Gaulle]
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Edward Sorel drew this color portrait of Charles de Gaulle in June 1966, and he supplied the title himself before Esquire ran it in December 1967 with the caption "The Spokesman." In 1966 de Gaulle was in the middle of his presidency of France and had recently withdrawn French forces from NATO's integrated military command, a move that drew sharp reactions across the Atlantic. Sorel's magazine work relied on pointed caricature, so the drawing reads as a comment on de Gaulle's independent, combative style rather than a neutral likeness.
| Created / published | 1966 June. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing; color. |
| Notes | Title supplied by artist. (DLC/PP-1980:53.6) Published in: Esquire, Dec. 1967, with caption, The Spokesman: 1967." Exhibited: National Portrait Gallery "Unauthorized Portraits: The Drawings of Edward Sorel |
| Subjects | 1999 (4240-L). mm / 860602; ljr / 000224 Sources: LC acquisition files; Esquire, Dec. 1967, p. 204 -- ljr |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,782 × 4,647 px · prints to 13 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220371 |
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