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Le Général Arnold, déserté de l'Armée des Etats-Unis le 3 Octobre 1780 (General Arnold, who deserted from the United States Army on October 3, 1780)

Engraver Benoit Louis Prevost French
After Pierre Eugène du Simitière American, born Switzerland
Sitter Benedict Arnold American
1781
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Le Général Arnold, déserté de l'Armée des Etats-Unis le 3 Octobre 1780 (General Arnold, who deserted from the United States Army on October 3, 1780)
  • Series/Portfolio: Portraits des généreaux; ministres et magistrats que se rendu célèbres dans le Révolution des Treize États-unis de l'Amérique Septentional, Paris 1781
  • Engraver: Benoit Louis Prevost (French, 1747–ca. 1804)
  • Artist: After Pierre Eugène du Simitière (American (born Switzerland), Geneva 1737–1784 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Sitter: Benedict Arnold (American, Norwich, Connecticut 1741–1801 London)
  • Date: 1781
  • Medium: Etching and engraving; second state (with title)
  • Dimensions: Plate: 7 × 5 1/8 in. (17.8 × 13 cm)
    Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 5/16 in. (20 × 16 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
  • Object Number: 83.2.542
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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