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Object Type
print
Museum number
1876,0510.961
Title
Object:
Conclusion de la campagne de 1781 en Virginie - le Marquis de La Fayette
Description
Portrait of Lafayette commemorating his campaign in Virginia, 1781, after Le Paon: whole-length, looking to front and pointing to left, on the right a Black man and a horse, and troops marching in the background. 1782 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Noël Le Mire
After:
Jean Baptiste Lepaon
Published by:
Noël Le Mire
School/style
French
Production date
1782
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
512 millimetres
(plate-mark)
Width:
368 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Advertised in the 'Journal de Paris' (4 October 1782), 'Affiches, Annonces et Avis Divers' (29 May 1784) and 'Mercure de France' (December 1784).
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(459.II)
Hédou 1875 / Noël Le Mire et son oeuvre
(32)
De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique.
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Associated places
Associated with:
Virginia (state)
Associated events
Associated Event:
American War of Independence 1781
Associated Event:
Yorktown Campaign 1781
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
R B Bennett
Acquisition date
1876
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1876,0510.961