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Charles Willson Peale|George Washington

Le Général Washington, Commendant en Chef des Armées Americaines, né en Virginie en 1733 (General Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Armies, born in Virginia in 1733 [sic])

1783–86
Etching and engraving
22.8 × 16.8 cm (9 × 6.6 in)

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