Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy

Charles Willson Peale, Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy, ca. 1780, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen, 1999.87.6
Charles Willson Peale, Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy, ca. 1780, watercolor on ivory, sight 1 3⁄8 x 1 in. (3.5 x 2.5 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen, 1999.87.6
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Artwork Details

Title
Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy
Artist
Date
ca. 1780
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 1 3⁄8 x 1 in. (3.5 x 2.5 cm) oval
Credit Line
Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Occupation — other — aristocrat
  • Portrait male — Otto, Louis Guillaume, Comte de Mosloy — bust
Object Number
1999.87.6
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1999.87.6

Artwork Description

Otto Louis-Guillaume (1754-1817) was a French diplomat who served as minister to the United States in 1779. He was secretary of the French Legation in America in 1782, and returned to France three years later. In Europe he enjoyed a successful career as a diplomat, signing on behalf of Napoleon the Treaty of Amiens in 1802. This treaty achieved fourteen months of peace in Europe during the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.

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Charles Willson Peale, Mrs. James Smith and Grandson, 1776, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Levering Smith, Jr. and museum purchase, 1980.93
Mrs. James Smith and Grandson
Artist
Date1776
oil on canvas
On view
Image Not Available
George Washington
Artist
oil on canvas
Not on view
Charles Willson Peale, Henry Wolf, Thomas Jefferson, 1897, wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.153
Thomas Jefferson
Artist
Date1897
wood engraving on paper
Not on view
Charles Willson Peale, General John Cadwalader, ca. 1788, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.30
General John Cadwalader
Artist
Dateca. 1788
watercolor on ivory
Not on view

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