No‰l Le Mire, Engraver

(French, 1724?1801)ÿ

Two rare hand colored engravings, one of Lafayette and one of George Washington, after Jean-Baptiste Le Paon (French, 1736?1785): Le G‚n‚ral Washington.., the head after Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), on laid paper, sheet 19-1/2 x 13-1/2 in.; Conclusion de la Campagne Libert‚ de 1781 em Virgine.., on wove paper, sheet 19 x 13-3/8 in.; matching gilt wood and composition frames, largest, 28 x 21-7/8 in.ÿ

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ÿProvenance: Private Collection, Richmond, Virginia
Condition Report: both with later coloring, "Washington"ÿlined with paper, restorations to tears, hinged in, some handling grime, with losses at left edge of margin, "Lafayette" hinged in, toning at edges, point of restoration in sky under proper right arm; frames with losses