Count de Rochambeau, French General of the Land Forces in America Reviewing the French Troops
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau|Edward Hedges|Anonymous, British, 18th century
April 1, 1781 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints
This image satirizes the French general and his army of 5,500 troops, a force that arrived off Rhode Island on July 11, 1780 (8,000 had been promised to aid the waiting Americans).
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau|Edward Hedges|Anonymous, British, 18th century
- Date
- April 1, 1781
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
