An ink-wash drawing owned and cherished by President George Washington will hit an auction block in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The piece was gifted to Washington by Marquis de Lafayette.
An ink-wash drawing once owned by President George Washington will be going under the hammer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The work of art, "The Destruction of the Bastille," will be offered as a part of Freeman’s | Hindman Books and Manuscripts auction. The piece drawn in 1789 was personally gifted to Washington by French military commander Marquis de Lafayette, according to a press release from the auction house, which is headquartered in New York City.
Notably, Major General Lafayette helped lead the Continental Army's victory at Yorktown, Virginia, that ended the American Revolution in Oct. 1781. George Washington "was taken by the young man’s ebullience and profound dedication to the American cause," writes the Washington Library of Mount Vernon.
Before going under the hammer, the famed piece will return home on an international tour starting with a stop in Paris, France. It will then be shown in New York and Chicago before heading to Philadelphia, the auction house said. "It seems only fitting that it returns to Paris, the heart of French democracy, before being sold in Philadelphia, the cradle of American democracy.
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