Sarratoga [sic] (The Surrender of General Burgoyne to General Horatio Gates, Battle of Saratoga, October 17, 1777)

Multiple artists/makers

1784?

Not on view

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Title: Sarratoga [sic] (The Surrender of General Burgoyne to General Horatio Gates, Battle of Saratoga, October 17, 1777)
Engraver: François Godefroy (French, 1743?–1819)
Artist: After Louis François Sébastien Fauvel (French, 1753–1838)
Subject: General John Burgoyne (British, Bedfordshire 1722–1792 London)
Subject: Horatio Gates (American (born England), Maldon, Essex 1727–1806 New York)
Published in: Paris
Date: 1784?
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: plate: 7 5/8 x 8 11/16 in. (19.4 x 22.1 cm)
sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (27.6 x 22.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Object Number: 24.90.1461
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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