Précis du traité de paix, signé à Versailles le 3 Septembre 1783 / N. Ponce, inv. et sculpsit.

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Précis du traité de paix, signé à Versailles le 3 Septembre 1783 / N. Ponce, inv. et sculpsit.

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Print shows ten battle scenes from the American revolutionary war, from the battle of Trenton in December 1776 to the victory of Comte de Grimouard, commander of the Scipion, in the West Indies in November 1782, depicted to the right and left of a pedestal upon which appears the names of officers killed in battle; standing atop the pedestal is Fame blowing a trumpet from which hangs a banner listing kings, generals, and statesmen from the countries supporting America (France, Spain, and the Netherlands) during the war. Includes description below title.

Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendance aux Etats Unis de l'Amérique ... / Nicolas Ponce. Paris : Ponce et Godefroy, [1784?], plate 16.
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 333-342.

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01/01/1784
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Ponce, Nicolas, 1746-1831, artist
Godefroy, François, 1743?-1819.
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