Charles Lee Esqr. Major General of the Continental-Army in America.
London [but Augsburg]: C. Sheperd [but J. M. Will], 31 October 1775. Mezzotint portrait (360x240 mm, plate size), stated to be after a portrait by Thomlinsen, engraved by Johann Martin Will with wide margins. Condition: foxing and toning principally to the margins, minor wormholes in the lower margin. The image depicts Lee, dressed in military uniform, with a firing canon in the background and a flag with the slogan An Appeal to Heaven. The portrait was executed and printed very early in the conflict with the expectation that Lee would play a major role in the impending war, though bears little resemblance to contemporary accounts of Lee's actual appearance. This version of the portrait was reissued in Augsburg from the British original.
Charles Lee Esqr. Major General of the Continental-Army in America.
London [but Augsburg]: C. Sheperd [but J. M. Will], 31 October 1775. Mezzotint portrait (360x240 mm, plate size), stated to be after a portrait by Thomlinsen, engraved by Johann Martin Will with wide margins. Condition: foxing and toning principally to the margins, minor wormholes in the lower margin. The image depicts Lee, dressed in military uniform, with a firing canon in the background and a flag with the slogan An Appeal to Heaven. The portrait was executed and printed very early in the conflict with the expectation that Lee would play a major role in the impending war, though bears little resemblance to contemporary accounts of Lee's actual appearance. This version of the portrait was reissued in Augsburg from the British original.
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