Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge
John Ward Dunsmore · 1907
Why it's great
George Washington and the young French marquis de Lafayette ride through the snow at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777–1778, when the American army nearly starved but became a stronger force. John Ward Dunsmore painted it in 1907.
🏛️ Part of history
The American Revolution (1765–1783) — George Washington and the young French marquis de Lafayette ride through the snow at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777–1778, when the American army nearly starved but became a stronger force.
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John Ward Dunsmore was an American painter born in Ohio in 1856. He studied in Paris and became known for paintings of events of the American Revolution, which were used in schoolbooks. He died in 1945.
