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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Former attribution
Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827
Sitter
Marquis de Lafayette, 6 Sep 1757 - 20 May 1834
Date
c. 1920
Type
Silhouette
Medium
Cut paper silhouette over black paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 14.1 x 11.5 cm (5 9/16 x 4 1/2")
Topic
Marquis de Lafayette: Male
Marquis de Lafayette: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer
Marquis de Lafayette: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Revolutionary War
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Elizabeth Rutledge Pinckney