Le Général Washington, Commendant en Chef des Armées Americaines, né en Virginie en 1733 (General Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Armies, born in Virginia in 1733 [sic])
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- Title: Le Général Washington, Commendant en Chef des Armées Americaines, né en Virginie en 1733 (General Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Armies, born in Virginia in 1733 [sic])
- Series/Portfolio: Lavater, Essai sur Physigonomie
- Artist: After Charles Willson Peale (American, Chester, Maryland 1741–1827 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Sitter: George Washington (American, 1732–1799)
- Author: Related author Johann Caspar Lavater (Swiss, Zurich 1741–1801 Zurich)
- Published in: The Hague
- Date: 1783–86
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Plate: 9 × 6 5/8 in. (22.8 × 16.8 cm)
Sheet: 14 3/16 × 11 3/16 in. (36 × 28.4 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
- Object Number: 83.2.70
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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