Creator Biography
Pierre Eugene du Simitiere, American, 1737-1784.
Preview
Creation Date
March 1, 1783
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
8 x 5
Credit Line
Gift in Loving Memory of Boris Blick & Judith Rosenbloom Blick by their daughter Sarah Blick, 2024
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"
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.