Essais Historiques et Politiques sur les Anglo-Américains
Artwork Details
- Title: Essais Historiques et Politiques sur les Anglo-Américains
- Author: Written and published by Michel René Hilliard d'Auberteuil (French, ca. 1740–1789)
- Engraver: Engraved by Adrien Pierre Godefroy, Le Jeune (French, 1777–1865)
- Engraver: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809 Paris)
- Engraver: Louis Sébastien Berthet (French, 1750–1812)
- Designer: After John Trumbull (American, Lebanon, Connecticut 1756–1843 New York)
- Designer: After J. Pelicier (French, active 18th century)
- Designer: After Louis Binet (French, Paris 1744–1800 Paris)
- Designer: After Jean Jacques François Le Barbier (French, Rouen 1738–1826 Paris)
- Sitter: George Washington (American, 1732–1799)
- Sitter: Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
- Sitter: John Hancock (American, Braintree, Massachusetts 1737–1793 Boston, Massachusetts)
- Sitter: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (British, 1708–1778)
- Published in: Brussels
- Date: 1782
- Medium: plates: hand colored engraving, engraving, woodcut
- Dimensions: Overall: 10 5/8 x 8 1/16 in. (27 x 20.5 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
- Object Number: 24.90.1792(1-2)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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