General J. D'Evereux and General Leslie Combs
Object Details
- Exhibition Label
- John D’Evereux and Leslie Combs were both political and military mavericks. D’Evereux, whom Auguste Edouart refers to in this picture as being “blind,” came to the United States not long after he had been pardoned for his role in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 against British rule. In 1817, he began to organize Irish and British recruits for Simón Bolívar’s military efforts to liberate Venezuela and other parts of Latin America from Spain and was subsequently incarcerated in Venice for a brief period of time. Leslie Combs, shown “dressed in Kentucky hunting shirt as Gen. Harrison was at battle of Tippecanoe,” was a young man in 1811 when he carried important information through dangerous territory to William Henry Harrison as he fought a confederation of Native Americans. In Harrison’s 1840 presidential race, he, with the support of Combs, campaigned in part on his success in that famous battle.
- John D’Evereux y Leslie Combs fueron rebeldes políticos y militares. D’Evereux, a quien Auguste Edouart describe en este retrato como “ciego”, llegó a Estados Unidos poco después de recibir un indulto por su participación en la revuelta irlandesa de 1798 contra el dominio británico. En 1817 empezó a reclutar irlandeses y británicos para apoyar las actividades militares de Simón Bolívar en la lucha por independizar a Venezuela y otras regiones latino- americanas del dominio español, y estuvo encarce- lado en Venecia brevemente. Leslie Combs, aquí “con chaqueta de caza de Kentucky, como el Gen. Harrison en la batalla de Tippecanoe”, era muy joven cuando en 1811 llevó información importante a través de peligrosos territorios a William Henry Harrison, quien luchaba contra una confederación de nativos americanos. Durante la campaña de Harrison por la presidencia en 1840, Combs lo ayudó a aprovechar su triunfo en la famosa batalla para promocionarse.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. McNeil, Jr.
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Date
- 1844
- Object number
- S/NPG.91.126.126.B
- Artist
- Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861
- Sitter
- Gen. J. D'Evereux
- Gen. Leslie Combs, 1793 - 1881
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Silhouette
- Medium
- Positive cut and chalk on paper
- Dimensions
- Image/Sheet: 28.1 × 21.2 cm (11 1/16 × 8 3/8")
- Frame: 47.9 × 37.8 × 3.2 cm (18 7/8 × 14 7/8 × 1 1/4")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Topic
- Interior
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
- Costume\Headgear\Military
- Silhouette\Cut-out
- Equipment\Walking stick\Cane
- Weapon\Sword
- Gen. J. D'Evereux: Male
- Gen. J. D'Evereux: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer
- Gen. Leslie Combs: Male
- Gen. Leslie Combs: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Gen. Leslie Combs: Military and Intelligence\Officer
- Gen. Leslie Combs: Politics and Government\Government official\State Legislator\Kentucky
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_S_NPG.91.126.126.B
