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English: Photo #: 80-G-K-21225 (color)

"First Recognition of the American Flag by a Foreign Government", 14 February 1778

Painting in oils by Edward Moran, 1898. It depicts the Continental Navy Ship Ranger, commanded by Captain John Paul Jones, receiving the salute of a French squadron under La Motte Picquet, with his flag on Robuste (1758), at Quiberon Bay, France, 14 February 1778.
Earlier in the month, after receipt of news of the victory at Saratoga, France recognized the independence of the American colonies and signed a treaty of alliance with them.

The original painting is in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Source http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/k20000/k21225c.htm
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Edward Moran  (1829–1901)  wikidata:Q966864
 
Edward Moran
Alternative names
eduard moran; ed. moran; Moran; edw. moran; e. moran
Description American painter
Date of birth/death 19 August 1829 Edit this at Wikidata 8 June 1901 / 9 June 1901 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bolton Edit this at Wikidata New York City Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q966864
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