After an absence of over 40 years, Revolutionary War hero, General Lafayette, returned to the United States during an unprecedented peak in a time of peace in the year 1824-25. His year-long visit gave the country an opportunity to show its gratitude to the only surviving major-general of the War for Independence. Secondly, it restored the aging Lafayette's dignity, pride, and fortune, all of which had been sorely depleted over his long years spent fighting for individual freedom in his own country. --paraphrased from Introduction.

This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.

Includes Red book price list section (title varies slightly), issued semiannually 1897-1906.