Silas Deane Esq., Commissioner from Congress in France
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Portraits of Generals, Ministers, Magistrates, Members of Congress and others who have become Illustrious in the Revolution of the Thirteen United States of America, London 1783
Artist: Benjamin Beale Evans|Robert Wilkinson|Pierre Eugène du Simitière|Silas Deane
Artist bio: British, ca. 1765–1824|British, active 1758–1825|American (born Switzerland), Geneva 1737–1784 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|American, Groton, Connecticut 1738–1789 at sea near Kent, England
Artist role: Engraver|Publisher|Artist|Sitter
Artist nationality: British|British|American, born Switzerland|American
Date: May 15, 1783
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Image: 4 5/16 × 3 5/8 in. (11 × 9.2 cm)
Plate: 5 7/16 × 4 1/8 in. (13.8 × 10.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 11/16 × 6 7/8 in. (22 × 17.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Accession year: 1924