Washington, Lafayette and Tilghman at Yorktown
by Charles Willson Peale
Charles Willson Peale's famous "Annapolis portrait" of Washington was commissioned by the Maryland legislature in November 1781, "in grateful remembrance of that most illustrious character." The figure of Washington, based on a sitting of 1783, is flanked by that of the Commander-in-Chief's military secretary and aide-de-camp, Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman, "representing the embattled State of Maryland." Lafayette, behind and between them, symbolizes the French Alliance.
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