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Engraver Benoit Louis Prevost French
After Pierre Eugène du Simitière American, born Switzerland
Sitter William Henry Drayton American
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Title: William Henry Drayton
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:
William Henry Drayton (American, Drayton Hall, South Carolina 1742–1779 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Date: 1781
Medium: Etching and engraving; first state (before title)
Dimensions:
Image: 4 7/8 × 3 7/16 in. (12.4 × 8.7 cm)
Plate: 7 × 5 3/16 in. (17.8 × 13.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 9/16 × 8 7/16 in. (29.4 × 21.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
Object Number: 83.2.2065
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