Count de Rochambeau, French General of the Land Forces in America Reviewing the French Troops

Publisher Edward Hedges British
April 1, 1781
Not on view
This image satirizes the French general and his army of 5,500 troops, a force that arrived off Rhode Island on July 11, 1780 (8,000 had been promised to aid the waiting Americans).

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  • Title: Count de Rochambeau, French General of the Land Forces in America Reviewing the French Troops
  • Artist: Anonymous, British, 18th century
  • Publisher: Edward Hedges (British, active 1780–89)
  • Subject: Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (French, 1725–1807)
  • Date: April 1, 1781
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: plate: 8 1/4 x 13 1/16 in. (21 x 33.2 cm)
    sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 9/16 in. (24.5 x 34.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
  • Object Number: 83.2.1039
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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