American Footprints In Paris Author:Francois Boucher Subtitle: A Guide Book of Historical Data Pertaining to Americans in the French Capital From the Earliest Days to the Present Times General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1921 Original Publisher: George H. Doran company Subjects: Americans History / General Social Science / General Notes: This is a black and w... more »hite OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: VERSAILLES Chateau de Versailles, 1. Salle 12. Salle de 1'Independance des Etats-Unis. In the centre: replica of the Statue of Washington by Houdon, offered by the State of Virginia, in 1910; Senator P. Halsey, the Virginian delegate, pronounced a speech of inauguration. To the right: bust of La Fayette by Houdon (marble) ; portrait of Rochambeau, by Lariviere; battle of the Ambush against the Boston in sight of New York (3Oth July 1783), by Gudin; portraits of Generals Knox and Nathanael Greene and of Admiral Paul Jones, by Healy; portrait of Admiral de Grasse, by Mauzaisse; portrait of La Fayette, after Court. At the bottom: portrait of Louis XVI, by Duplessis; capture of the lle de la Grenade (4th July 1779) and naval battle of the He de la Grenade (6th July 1779), by Hue; portrait of the Comte de Vergennes, anonymous. To the left: portrait of George Washington by Charles Wilson Peale. Prise des iles Saint-Christophe et Nevis (13th February 1784), by the Marquis de Rossel. Portraits of John Marshall, of John Hancock and of Dr. Warren by Healy. Portraits of Admiral d'Estaing, by Pierre Franque, and of Vice-Admiral de Suffren, by Latil. Combat naval devant la Chesapeake (3rd September 1781), by Gudin. Portraits of John Jay, of Benjamin Franklin and of Alexander Hamilton, by Healy. Portraits of the Due de Lau- zun, by Court, and of the Comte du Chauffault, anon...« less