The Émigré and the General: Denis Volozan’s Portrait of George Washington in an Atlantic Context.

In 1802, the French painter Denis Volozan (1765–1820) completed a posthumous portrait of George Washington commissioned by the legislature of Delaware for its State House in Dover. A recent immigrant to the United States, the artist had relocated to Philadelphia from the island of Saint-Domingue at...

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Published in:	Early American Studies, An Interdisciplinary Journal Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 87 - 122
Main Author:	BUSCIGLIO-RITTER, THOMAS
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Pennsylvania Press Winter2023
Subjects:	Portraits Washington, George, 1732-1799 Portrait painters Presidents of the United States French people in foreign countries Haitian Revolution, 1791-1804 Delaware
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