L'Indépendance de L'Amérique (The American Independence, A French Frigate Bringing The Treaty to Boston)
Francois Denis Nee, French, 1732 - 1817
after Charles Monnet, French, 1732 - after 1808
1786
Engraving on laid paper
Sheet: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/16 in. (20.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of James D. Landauer, Class of 1923
PR.967.93
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Dessine par Monet Peintre du Roi; lower right: Nee Sculp. 1786; center: L'INDEPENDANCE DE L'AMERIQUE./ D'un cote la Ville de Boston et les Peuples de l'Amerique rassembles sur le rivage, tendant les / mains a la Fregate du Roi qui leur porte le traite qui assure leur independance.; lower right: Roussillon No. 7.
Course History
HIST 47, The French Revolution, Darrin McMahon, Spring 2019
Provenance
James Dittman Landauer (1902-1979, Class of 1923; given to present collection, 1967.
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