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Lafayette's baptism of fire / E. Percy Moran. – Historic Print

Lafayette's baptism of fire / E. Percy Moran., c1909. — historic print
Lafayette's baptism of fire / E. Percy Moran., c1909.. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive 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: Lafayette's baptism of fire / E. Percy Moran., preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Lafayette's baptism of fire shows the young French nobleman at the Battle of Brandywine in September 1777, the first time he faced enemy fire. Not yet twenty, he had crossed the Atlantic at his own expense to offer his services to the Continental Army, and Congress commissioned him a major general despite his limited military experience. He was wounded in the leg during the fighting, though the injury did not keep him out of the war for long. Edward Percy Moran painted the scene in the patriotic historical style popular in the early twentieth century, and this color halftone reproduction made it available to a wide audience.

Created / publishedc1909.
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone, color.
GenreHalftone photomechanical prints Color 1900-1910.
NotesK655 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Edward Percy Moran.
SubjectsLafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier,--marquis de,--1757-1834--Military service. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns & battles.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,153 × 1,473 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218391

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