Tompkins Harrison Matteson, Lafayette in Prison at Olmütz, 1795-97, 1850.Ĭourtesy of the Lafayette College Art CollectionĪ decade after his important contribution as a nineteen-year-old Major General in the American Revolution, the Marquis de Lafayette became a pivotal player in a democratic uprising in his native France–the French Revolution. This exhibit follows the fortunes of the Marquis de Lafayette during the period he was held as a political prisoner in Prussia and Austria from 1792-97.
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