Nataniel Greene. Majos General in the American armies a Patriot a hero and a Friend.

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• ARTIST: Charles Willson Peale

• PUBLISHER: Published "a Paris chez l'Auteur rue des Macons au No.14.

• MEDIUM: Copper plate line engraving,

  DATE: Circa 1785.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 10 3/8 x 6 15/16", plus margins.

• DESCRIPTION: A handsome print after a portrait by Charles Willson Peale, immortalizing the great American military leader Nathanael Greene. Presented in the French style, showing the symbolic trophies of victory. This allegorical image, depicting a bust portrait of Greene in an oval frame, held up by two male figures, a scholar and a Roman soldier, and a cherub holding two laurel crowns. Greene was a controversial Revolutionary War hero who led costly battles to defend New York City.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: Handsomely framed in a black molding with gilt liner.

• CONDITION: Good condition. A fantastic impression of this print.

• REFERENCE: Benezit, "Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs" vol.3, p.577.

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Revolutionary War Figures