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Lot 144
Sale 1046 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
Lots 1-296
Jun 21, 2022
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Lots 297-560
Jun 22, 2022
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[WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. LE MIRE, Noël (1724-1801), engraver. After Jean-Baptiste le Paon (1736/1738-1785).
Le General Washington
Le General Washington
Line engraving, [1780], visible 311 x 392 mm, on paper, tears and losses with repairs throughout, inside mat, not removed from mat. Hart 31c.
A full-length military portrait of George Washington in camp, with a decidedly oriental style. A Black boy wearing a turban prepares his horse in the background with mustered soldiers and camps visible in the far distance. Washington holds the Declaration of Independence in his hand and is surrounded by other documents and maps.