Conclusion de la campagne de 1781 en Virginie. Le Marquis de la Fayette ... [graphic] /
Le Mire, Noël, 1724-1801, engraver.
Le Paon, Jean-Baptiste, 1738-1785, artist.
still image
Portrait prints 1780-1790. gmgpc
Engravings 1780-1790. gmgpc
Paris : le Mire rüe et porte St. Jacques, a côté du caffé d Aubertin no. 122,
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Print shows Marquis de Lafayette, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing uniform and holding two swords in left hand while directing American troops during the battle at Yorktown; a black soldier holds his horse behind him on the right.
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Title continues: Le Marquis de la Fayette, Maréchal de camp des armées du Roi, et commandant de la Garde Nationale Parisienne.
Includes four lines of verse: L'Amérique étoit asservie, / Ce héros vint brifer ses fers; / Ses succès au dela des Mers / Présageoient ceux sa Patrie.
In the middle of the text a wreath encircles "Liberte" and a pole topped with a phrygian (or liberty) cap from which emanate rays of light.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Military personnel--French.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.07313
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