General Washington, 1780 By war’s end, George Washington was a hero on both sides of the Atlantic. This engraving, printed in Paris in 1780, shows him with various British bills and declarations in tatters at his feet while he holds copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Alliance with France. In the background of this vaguely Orientalized scene, a black slave — presumably William Lee, Washington’s valet and constant companion during the Revolution — saddles his horse. Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library.