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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) Vasseur, engraver; after Borel. L’Amérique Indépendante, Dédiée au Congrés des Etats Unis de l'Amérique.
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$1,200 - $1,800
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$1,125
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Printed & Manuscript Americana
Description
Description: (AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) Vasseur, engraver; after Borel. L’Amérique Indépendante, Dédiée au Congrés des Etats Unis de l'Amérique. Engraving, 20 x 15¼ inches; pinhole in top margin, minor edge wear, 2-inch repaired tear in lower left corner. - Paris, 1778
Footnote: An allegorical portrait of Benjamin Franklin, dedicated to the Continental Congress. He is shown surrounded by female allegorical figures of America, Wisdom, Prudence, and Liberty, watching as a warrior beats a crowned figure into submission. The vignette at the bottom shows a chain of 13 links, each inscribed with the name of one of the original states. Fowble 142; Sellers, Franklin pages 120-121, 195-197. 4 in OCLC, and none others traced at auction since 1932.
Footnote: An allegorical portrait of Benjamin Franklin, dedicated to the Continental Congress. He is shown surrounded by female allegorical figures of America, Wisdom, Prudence, and Liberty, watching as a warrior beats a crowned figure into submission. The vignette at the bottom shows a chain of 13 links, each inscribed with the name of one of the original states. Fowble 142; Sellers, Franklin pages 120-121, 195-197. 4 in OCLC, and none others traced at auction since 1932.