Series VIII. Prints and Graphics
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Scope and Contents
Many of the items listed below originally were part of the Blancheteau collection, a constituent part of the Lafayette collection. Several of these items were described in the catalog of the exhibit of the Blancheteau collection, mounted in Paris in 1934. Whenever a match was found between an item in the Lafayette collection and the description of an item in the Blancheteau catalogue, a note has been added with the catalog number. Please consult the volume by Marcel Blancheteau, Le Général La Fayette; catalogue des livres, estampes, autographes et souvenirs composant la collection de M. Blancheteau exposée à l'occasion du centenaire de la mort du Général La Fayette, 20 mai 1834 (Paris: Pershing Hall, 1934). RMC Z8470 .A8 Some items, not included in the Blancheteau collection, have been matched with items described in the catalog: Images de la Revolution Française. Catalogue du vidéodisque (Paris: Bibliothèque national and Pergamon Press, 1990) RMC DC141.B58 I3 ++.
Dates
- 1520-1973.
Creator
- From the Collection: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834. (Person)
- From the Collection: Lafayette, Marie Adrienne de Noailles, marquise de, 1759-1807. (Person)
- From the Collection: Lafayette, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1779-1849. (Person)
- From the Collection: Noailles de Tessé, Adrienne-Catherine, comtesse de, -1814. (Person)
- From the Collection: Tessé, René Mans de Froullay, comte de, 1736-1814. (Person)
- From the Collection: Beauchet, Philippe. (Person)
- From the Collection: Hénin, Etiennette de Montconseil, princesse d\'. (Person)
- From the Collection: Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817. (Person)
- From the Collection: Pinckney, Thomas, 1750-1828. (Person)
- From the Collection: Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817. (Person)
- From the Collection: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. (Person)
- From the Collection: Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832. (Person)
- From the Collection: Owen, Robert, 1771-1858. (Person)
- From the Collection: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. (Person)
- From the Collection: Marshall, John, 1755-1835. (Person)
- From the Collection: Madison, James, 1751-1836. (Person)
- From the Collection: Adams, John, 1735-1826. (Person)
- From the Collection: Monroe, James, 1758-1831. (Person)
- From the Collection: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. (Person)
- From the Collection: Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850. (Person)
- From the Collection: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. (Person)
- From the Collection: Clay, Henry, 1777-1852. (Person)
- From the Collection: Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. (Person)
- From the Collection: Willard, Emma, 1787-1870. (Person)
- From the Collection: Wright, Frances, 1795-1852. (Person)
- From the Collection: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. (Person)
- From the Collection: Cadet de Gassicourt, C.-L. (Charles-Louis), 1769-1821. (Person)
- From the Collection: Carnot, Lazare, 1753-1823. (Person)
- From the Collection: France. Armée. Garde nationale (Paris) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material mainly in French, with a few items in English.
Conditions Governing Access
MU-3163 (sword with leather sheath kept by Lafayette) by appointment only.
Conditions Governing Access
Access to Boxes 63, 72, 187, and 189 restricted to the permission of the curator.
Extent
49.6 cubic feet. (49.6 cubic feet.)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
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