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French Hero of the American Revolution.

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French Hero of the American Revolution.
Delightful, hand-colored French steel engraving allegorically exalting hero Marquis de la Fayette, c. 1785. "Presente a Monsieur le Marquis de la Fayette" by noted French architect Claude Mathieu de Lagardette, Paris. 7 x 9 1/4, plus margins. La Fayette on ornate pedestal, atop a seated lion, "Hotel de la Liberte." Flanked by the Godess of Truth, holding a mirror, and by Prudence, brandishing spear with a Liberty Cap, and crowning him with a halo of stars - the crown of immortality. Beneath his profile, a seated philosopher; caisson and cannonballs at right. In flattering modern black beaded frame, under glass, with gallery label on verso. Watercolor probably twentieth century. Fraying at blank lower left margin, matted or mounted on tan mat (not examined out of frame), some fine creases, else colors vivid, about very good, and charming for display. Frame unblemished and ready to hang. Illustrated at loc.gov/pictures/item/ 2013646550. No examples located on WorldCat, including search for variant French conventions.