VICTOR DE GRAILLY

VICTOR DE GRAILLY

New York/France, 1804-1889

"Kosciuszko's Monument", West Point, New York.

Unsigned. After George Bartlett's engraving of the same name, published in "American Scenery: Or, Land, Lake and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature."
Provenance:
Private Collection, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The monument was constructed as a tribute to Polish General Tadeusz Kosciuszko, whose military defense plans where instrumental in defending West Point during the Revolutionary War. It remained as a pedestal for almost a century before the statue that currently sits on top was erected in 1913.

Oil on canvas, 23.5" x 29". Framed 28" x 33".

Condition: Relined and restretched. UV light reveals no obvious restoration.

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