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Marquis De Lafayette

Marquis De Lafayette
Attribution
Ary Scheffer, 1795 - 1858
Sitter
Marquis de Lafayette, 6 Sep 1757 - 20 May 1834
Date
c. 1822
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Stretcher: 90.8 × 69.7 × 3.5 cm (35 3/4 × 27 7/16 × 1 3/8")
Frame: 109.9 × 89.5 cm (43 1/4 × 35 1/4")
Topic
Costume\Outerwear\Coat\Overcoat
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 the John Hay Whitney Collection
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.82.150
Provenance
Mrs. James L. Adams, Louisville, Kentucky [d. 1903]; her daughter, Mrs. Helen Adams Law; purchased 1930 (Babcock Galleries, New York); (Hackett Galleries, N.Y.); purchased John Hay Whitney, New York; bequest to NPG 1982
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view