Le Général Washington ne quid detrimenti capiat res publica - gravé d'après le tableau original appartenant a Mr. Marquis de la Fayette / peint par L. Le Paon peintre de bataille de S.A.S. Mgr. le Prince de Condé ; gravé par N. le Mire des Academies Imperiales et Royales et de celle des Sciences et Arts de Rouen.
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Print shows George Washington, full-length portrait, standing outside tent, wearing military uniform, holding the Declaration of Independence and the treaty of alliance with France in front of tent, at his feet lie torn copies of documents relating to reconciliation efforts by Great Britain, a servant attends to Washington's horse in the background, and in the distance is a military camp.
Library has three impressions, one that shows the plate mark, one that is trimmed within the plate mark, and one that may be a proof lacking a portion of the title (Le Général Washington), this one is also trimmed to within the plate mark.
Another impression, trimmed Trimmed to within the plate mark.
Hart, 31c
Another impression, trimmed Hart, 31
Baker, 21
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Another impression, trimmed Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 229.
Exhibited: "Creating the United States" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2009.
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