Title page: Portraits of the Generals, Ministers, Magistrates, Members of Congress and Others, Who have rendered themselves Illustrious in the Revolution of the United States of America

1783

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Artwork Details

Title: Title page: Portraits of the Generals, Ministers, Magistrates, Members of Congress and Others, Who have rendered themselves Illustrious in the Revolution of the United States of America
Series/Portfolio: Portraits of Generals, Ministers, Magistrates, Members of Congress and others who have become Illustrious in the Revolution of the Thirteen United States of America, London 1783
Publisher: Robert Wilkinson (British, active 1758–1825)
Publisher: John Debrett (British, 1753–1822)
Engraver: Related engraver Benjamin Beale Evans (British, ca. 1765–1824)
Artist: Related artist Pierre Eugène du Simitière (American (born Switzerland), Geneva 1737–1784 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Date: 1783
Medium: Letterpress
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 3/16 × 7 13/16 in. (25.8 × 19.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Object Number: 24.90.702(1)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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