American Legislators, Patriots and Soldiers who have distinguished themselves in rendering their Country Independent
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Title: American Legislators, Patriots and Soldiers who have distinguished themselves in rendering their Country Independent
Engraver:
Burnet Reading (British, Colchester, Essex active 1780–1820)
Artist:
After Pierre Eugène du Simitière (American (born Switzerland), Geneva 1737–1784 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Publisher:
William Richardson (British, active 1778–1812)
Sitter:
George Washington (American, 1732–1799)
Sitter:
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (American, born Magdeburg, Germany 1730–1794 Steuben, New York)
Sitter:
Silas Deane (American, Groton, Connecticut 1738–1789 at sea near Kent, England)
Sitter:
Joseph Reed (American, Trenton, New Jersey 1741–1785 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Sitter:
Gouverneur Morris (American, New York 1752–1816 New York)
Sitter:
Horatio Gates (American (born England), Maldon, Essex 1727–1806 New York)
Sitter:
John Jay (American, New York 1745–1829 Bedford, New York)
Sitter:
William Henry Drayton (American, Drayton Hall, South Carolina 1742–1779 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Sitter:
Henry Laurens (American, Charleston, South Carolina 1724–1792 Charleston, South Carolina)
Sitter:
Charles Thomson (American, born Londonderry, Ireland 1729–1824)
Sitter:
Samuel Huntington (American, Windham, Connecticut 1731–1796 Norwich, Connecticut)
Sitter:
John Dickinson (American, Talbot County, Maryland 1732–1808 Wilmington, Delaware)
Sitter:
Benedict Arnold (American, Norwich, Connecticut 1741–1801 London)
Published in: London
Date: 1783
Medium: Stipple engraving, printed in dark orange-brown ink
Dimensions: 12 5/8 × 8 11/16 in. (32 × 22 cm)
Classifications: Portfolios, Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Object Number: 24.90.1781(1-13)
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