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Title

  • Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendance aux Etats Unis de l'Amérique ...

Names

  • Ponce, Nicolas, 1746-1831, engraver.
  • Godefroy, François, 1743?-1819, engraver.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Paris, Ponce et Godefroy [1784?]

Contents

  • List of plates: 1. Précis de cette guerre. 2. John Malcom. 3. Journée de Lexington. 4. Sarratoga. 5. Prise de la Dominique. vi. Prise du Sénégal. 7. Prise de l'isle de la Grenade. 8. Prise de Pensacola. 9. Prise de Tabago. 10. Reddition de l'armée du Lord Cornwallis. 11. Surprise de St. Eustache. 12. Siege du Fort S. Philippe. 13. Attaque de Brimstomhill. 14. Carte des États Unis. 15. Cartes particulieres des concessions faites par l'Angleterre à la France et à l'Espagne par le traité de 1783. 16. Précis du traité de paix, signé à Versailles le 3 septembre 1783.

Headings

  • -  United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Pictorial works
  • -  France--Paris

Notes

  • -  A collection of etched and engraved plates, with descriptive text, by Nicolas Ponce and François Godefroy from drawings by themselves and others.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1703
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LAC ael 2019-04-24 no edits (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-03-28 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 16 leaves of plates ill. (engr. t.-p. and 2 maps) 27 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E209 .P65
  • E209 .P65 Copy 2 Copy 2. Rosenwald Coll. Earlier state of plate 7 laid in.
  • E209 .P65 Copy 3 Copy 3. Rare Bk. Coll. 28 cm. Extra-illustrated with the original wash drawings of plates 1-12 and 16, a pen-and-ink drawing of plate 13, two earlier states of each of plates 1-13 and 16, and one each of plates 14 and 15. An extra wash drawing, apparently designed for a t.-p., but not lettered and not represented by an engraving, is inserted before plate 1.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 07002102

OCLC Number

  • 3944245

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Ponce, Nicolas, Engraver, François Godefroy, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendance aux Etats Unis de l'Amérique. [Paris, Ponce et Godefroy ?, 1784] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/07002102/.

APA citation style:

Ponce, N., Godefroy, F. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1784) Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendance aux Etats Unis de l'Amérique. [Paris, Ponce et Godefroy ?] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/07002102/.

MLA citation style:

Ponce, Nicolas, Engraver, François Godefroy, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendance aux Etats Unis de l'Amérique. [Paris, Ponce et Godefroy ?, 1784] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/07002102/>.