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Rembrandt Peale - Washington before Yorktown

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Rembrandt Peale - Washington before Yorktown

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Reproduction shows George Washington, full-length portrait, in full dress uniform on horseback preparing his troops for the final battle of the Revolutionary War in Yorktown, Virginia. The figure to Washington's immediate right is the Marquis de Lafayette, and the three officers barely visible behind him are Compte de Rochambeau, Henry Knox and Benjamin Lincoln. Alexander Hamilton is the rider on the right.
Note on front: Rembrandt Peale, Washington Before Yorktown, 1824-1825, Oil on canvas, 139 x 121 inches. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Gift of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association.

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1825
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Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860, artist
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Location

Yorktown (Va.)37.23889, -76.50972
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National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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