George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette
George Washington met the nineteen-year-old Marquis de Lafayette on August 5, 1777, less than a week after the Continental Congress appointed the young Frenchman to be a volunteer Major General in the Continental Army. Lafayette was assigned to serve on Washington's staff.
Marquis de Lafayette - Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee …
Painting of Marquis de Lafayette during the American Revolution by Charles Willson Peale that once hung at Arlington House. Washington and Lee University. He gazes down from his perch high up on the wall in the main hall, directly in the center, so you can’t miss him.
Lafayette's Virginia Campaign (1781) - LostHistory.net
Mar 15, 2021 · Lafayette (1757-1834), painted in 1779 by Charles Wilson Peale at the request of George Washington. Peale had personal contact with Lafayette at Washington's army headquarters and executed several works with Lafayette's image.
Lee Chapel's "Painting Gallery" - Washington and Lee University
In 1897, Custis Lee retired as the 12 th president of W&L and gave to the university two portraits by Charles Willson Peale: a 1772 portrait of George Washington and a 1779 portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette. These portraits were incorporated into the university's painting gallery.
The Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington - InCollect
Sep 19, 2006 · History painter John Vanderlyn depicted Washington and Lafayette on horseback, riding heroically across the Brandywine battlefield near Philadelphia. Although rendered nearly fifty years after the 1777 battle, the painting captures the confidence and gallantry of these two Revolutionary War leaders.
Lafayette Room - George Washington's Mount Vernon
In the Lafayette Room, there was only one recorded image: the nearly life-size portrait of the Marquis as a Major General in the Continental Army. Commissioned by Washington himself, artist Charles Willson Peale arranged for life-sittings with Lafayette in …
My Dear General: the relationship between Lafayette and Washington ...
Aug 1, 2009 · When they first met, Washington was a 45-year-old general struggling against terrible odds to win America’s independence on the battlefield. He was childless and not yet father of his nation, but it’s doubtful that his first regard for Lafayette was paternal.
Washington by CWP - Maryland State Archives
This image of Washington is one of the most enduring in the iconography of the founding father and is part of the Peabody Art Collection, which the state acquired in June 1996. Charles Willson Peale also painted the famous portrait Washington, Lafayette and Tilghman at Yorktown that hangs over the fireplace in the Old Senate Chamber.
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May 12, 2021 · Washington Lodge No. 1 and Lafayette Lodge No. 14 AF&AM of Delaware both meet in the same building in north Wilmington, not far from the Brandywine battlefield where they both fought the British.