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Peace of Ghent 1814 and triumph of America / Mme. Plantou, Citizen of the United States pinxit ; Chataigner, sculpsit.
Summary
Print is allegorical reference to the Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812, showing Minerva dictating the terms of peace, which Mercury delivers to Britannia and Hercules compells her to accept.
Published in: Made in America : printmaking 1760-1860. An exhibition of original prints / Library Company of Philadelphia and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, April-June 1973. Philadelphia : Library Company of Philadelphia, 1973, #26, pp. 19-20.
Published in: British generals in the War of 1812 / Wesley B. Turner. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999, p. 8.
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Date
01/01/1815
Contributors
Chataigner, Alexis, 1772-1817, engraver
Plantou, Julia, artist
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication.
