Charles Henri D'Estaing Chevalier des Ordres du Roi lieutenant general de ses Armees Vice Admiral de France, Ne le 24. Novembre 1729.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by D. Haisne. Engraved by J. Barbie Scul.

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: 1782

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 4 3/4 x 3 3/8" (119 x 84 mm) with margins.

• DESCRIPTION: Charles Henri D’Estaing (1729-94) served as a French admiral who spent his early military career in India. He went on to become a sea officer and commanded the French West Indies during the American War for Independence. A former governor of the Antilles, Charles Henri was able capture Grenada in 1779. Less successful was his attack on Savannah, Georgia, from which he sustained an injury serious enough to send him back to France. Upon returning to France, Charles Henri supported the Revolution and was made the commander of the National Guard at Versailles and then eventually made the Admiral of France in 1792. He was arrested during the Terror, and guillotined.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: Inscribed "D'Haisne Pinx. J. Barbie Scul. Paris chez Isabey rue de Gesvres au grand Coeur."

• CONDITION: Good condition save for slightly uneven margins. Black & white.

• REFERENCE: #52 in "The American Revolution in Drawings and Prints: A Checklist of 1765-1790 Graphics in the Library of Congress" by Donald H. Cresswell.

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Naval