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Canova’s Statue of General Washington as it appeared on the Pedestal, in the State House Rotunda, at Raleigh, North Carolina or The Marquise de Lafayette Visiting the State Capitol in Raleigh in March 1825

by | Apr 1, 2025 | Maps, Prints, and Painting, Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation

Canova's Statue of General Washington as it appeared on the Pedestal, in the State House Rotunda, at Raleigh, North Carolina or The Marquise de Lafayette Visiting the State Capitol in Raleigh in March 1825, 1840, Albert Newsam, Lithographer after a painting by Joseph Weisman and Emmanuel Leutze; Published by P.S. Duval, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation

Canova's Statue of General Washington as it appeared on the Pedestal, in the State House Rotunda, at Raleigh, North Carolina or The Marquise de Lafayette Visiting the State Capitol in Raleigh in March 1825

Canova's Statue of General Washington as it appeared on the Pedestal, in the State House Rotunda, at Raleigh, North Carolina or The Marquise de Lafayette Visiting the State Capitol in Raleigh in March 1825, 1840, Albert Newsam, Lithographer after a painting by Joseph Weisman and Emmanuel Leutze; Published by P.S. Duval, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation
Maker Albert Newsam, Lithographer after a painting by Joseph Weisman and Emmanuel Leutze; Published by P.S. Duval, Philadelphia
Date of Creation 1840
Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Materials Lithograph
Institution Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation
Credit Line Courtesy of the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation
Accession Number 1984.018
Photo Credit Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation

This lithograph depicts the March 1825 visit of the French General Lafayette, hero of the American Revolution, to the North Carolina State House in Raleigh. Lafayette visited Raleigh during a 1824–25 tour made at the invitation of President James Monroe. He is depicted admiring the statue of George Washington commissioned by the State of North Carolina from renowned Italian sculptor Antonio Canova. Installed in the State House in 1821, the sculpture was destroyed when the building burned in June 1831. This was Canova’s first and only sculpture commissioned in the United States. Thomas Jefferson recommended Canova to the North Carolina legislature, and the sculptor depicted Washington as a Roman general.