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Siège d'York-Town (The Siege of Yorktown)

1838–41
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Siège d'York-Town (The Siege of Yorktown)
  • Series/Portfolio: Galerie Historique de Versailles
  • Engraver: Jean-Mathias Fontaine (French, 1791–1853)
  • Artist: After Louis-Charles-Auguste Couder (French, London 1789–1873 Paris)
  • Artist: Pantography by Charles Gavard (French, 1794–1871)
  • Sitter: George Washington (American, 1732–1799)
  • Sitter: Marquis de Lafayette (French, 1757–1834)
  • Sitter: Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (French, 1725–1807)
  • Date: 1838–41
  • Medium: Etching and engraving on chine collé
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 16 9/16 in. (29.5 × 42 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
  • Object Number: 83.2.967
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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