Tinted miniature profile engraving of Col. William Duane, 2 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches plate mark on a larger sheet 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches

by Charles B. J F. Saint-MÉMin, active in America

$1,250 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

Miles Saint-Memin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America 277: Although the engraving was made in 1802, the version with the inscription 'Col. William Duane' must date after 1808, when Duane became a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army; he also held the rank of colonel from 1813 to 1815. Duane helped Benjamin Franklin Bache publish the Philadelphia Aurora, the principal voice of the Jeffersonian Republicans. His paper was responsible for stemming the tide of war against

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