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Library of Congress (Control Number 2001699814) / https://www.loc.gov/resource/pga.12215/IMAGE INFORMATION

A profile in black lead of Gl. Horatio Gates form of a medal

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

March 1777

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 7r

Notes:

On list of "Paintings and Drawings done."

A profile portrait of Gates (1727-1806) by Du Simitière was one of a set of fourteen engraved and published in Paris by Benoît-Louis Prévost (ca. 1735-ca. 1804) in 1781 as Collection des Portraits des Généraux, Ministres & Magistrats qui se sont rendus célèbres dans la Révolution des Treize Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale.