1784
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The History of the United States is a 1784 ink by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows two scenes side by side. On the left, soldiers on horseback lead captured men—some on foot, others kneeling—through a wooded area. On the right, a group of men in fancy clothes sit in a room with heavy curtains, while a man in a robe stands near them. The left scene has a German caption about American troops capturing a general at Saratoga. The right scene shows a man in a robe (likely a diplomat) meeting with French officials. Next, look up the technique: etching to see how artists like Chodowiecki made these sharp, detailed prints.
Daniel Niklaus Chodowiecki (16 October 1726 – 7 February 1801) was a German painter and printmaker of Huguenot and Polish ancestry, who is most famous as an etcher.
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