Bon mot, d'une ambassadrice. La reputation du grand general ressemble à une chandelle qui ne brille que chez le peuple et pue s'eteignant

Etching; Lafayette (profile head) caricatured as guttering candle. Published in the 'Journal de la Cour et de la Ville' for November 21, 1791 Etching; Lafayette (profile head) caricatured as guttering candle. Published in the 'Journal de la Cour et de la Ville' for November 21, 1791 Upright, plate mark; slightly worn. New York, Walter Schatzki, 1957.

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Original record: Bon mot, d'une ambassadrice. La reputation du grand general ressemble à une chandelle qui ne brille que chez le peuple et pue s'eteignant
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1757 – 1834
1791
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Subject(s): Caricatures and cartoons
Etchings (Prints)
France
History
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier
Marquis De
New York, Walter
Revolution, 1791-1792

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