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

Publisher Edward Hedges British
April 1, 1781
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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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Object Information
  • 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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