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Creation Date
March 1, 1783
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
8 x 5
Credit Line
Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015
Accession Number
2015.10
Provenance
Underneath the portrait: "Published March 1st 1783 by I. Fielding pater noster [our father] Row: 1. Sewell Cornhill and 1. Debrett, Piccadilly." Published in "European Magazine"
Creator Biography
Pierre Eugene du Simitiere, American, 1737-1784.
Description
This portrait of General Arnold, which was "drawn from life at Philadelphia by Du Similier", shows him from the rest up in a three-quarter view, with his face angled away from the viewer in profile.