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Miniature Portrait of Colonel John Laurens
Charles Willson Peale American
Not on view
Peale rendered Laurens, aide-de-camp to George Washington during the Revolutionary War, as a handsome man with a slight, somewhat arrogant smile, dressed in military uniform. In 1780 the Continental Congress named Laurens a special envoy to France to help Franklin secure additional support for the American cause. Laurens spoke excellent French and was indefatigable in his mission, but his bluntness ruffled a few feathers at court (although his insistence ultimately paid off).
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