Name: Rare-Antique Print-CHARLES-LEE-MAJOR-GENERAL-AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-Dupin-1775-1781
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Rare-Antique Print-CHARLES-LEE-MAJOR-GENERAL-AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-Dupin-1775-1781

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‘CHARLES LEE, MAJOR GENERAL DE L?ARMEE CONTINENTALE, PRECEDEMMENT PRISONNIER DES ANGLAIS. A PARIS CHEZ ESNAUTS ET RAPILLY, RUE ST. JACQUES A LA VILLE DE COUTANCES. A.P.D.R.’

– Bust portrait of Major General Charles Lee in American Continental Army uniform, turned slightly left. Framed by laurel and military symbols, engraved in Paris during the American Revolution.

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Description

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 10.8 x 16.8 cm (4.25 x 6.61 inch). Image size: 10 x 15.5 cm. (3.94 x 6.1 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CHARLES LEE, AMERICAN REVOLUTION, CONTINENTAL ARMY, REVOLUTIONARY WAR, AMERICAN GENERALS, ESNAUTS ET RAPILLY, 18TH CENTURY FRENCH PRINT | PCO-E22-29

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Esnauts et Rapilly, Paris.

Biography engraver: Nicolas Dupin (active 1776?89) and Jean-Pierre-Julien Dupin (active 1770?83) were both active engravers in Paris working for print publishers like Esnauts et Rapilly. Known for Revolutionary and military portraits.