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Currier & Ives|George Washington|Marquis de Lafayette

The First Meeting of Washington and Lafayette—Philadelphia, August 3rd, 1777

1876
Hand-colored lithograph
22.1 × 32.5 cm (8.7 × 12.8 in)

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