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Description: Artist: Charles Willson Peale, , 1741-1827, painter. Title: Jean-Baptiste Ternant, Chevalier de (1751-1816), (painting). Dates: 1781. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 23 1/8 x 19 1/4 in. (58.8 x 48.9 cm). Owner: Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Located Independence National Historical Park, 313 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 Accession Number: 13.283 Remarks: Ternant was a French officer in the American army during the Revolutionary War, and later was French minister to the United States. The painting was purchased at the Peale Gallery sale, Oct. 1854. References: Independence National Historical Park, 1972, 1988. American Heritage, Vol. XXVI, No.1, 1974. Illustration: American Heritage, Vol. XXVI, No.1, pg. 37. [1]
Title: Jean-Baptiste de Ternant, 1781
Credit: xenophon group http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/ternant.htm
Author: Charles Willson Peale
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