Swiss American Historical Society Review Volume 53 Number 3 Article 2 11-2017 A Swiss Artist, an Iconic American General and an Ambitious Federal Councilor David Vogelsanger Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review Part of the European History Commons, and the European Languages and Societies Commons Recommended Citation Vogelsanger, David (2017) "A Swiss Artist, an Iconic American General and an Ambitious Federal Councilor," Swiss American Historical Society Review: Vol. 53 : No. 3 , Article 2. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review/vol53/iss3/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Swiss American Historical Society Review by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Vogelsanger: A Swiss Artist, an Iconic American General and an Ambitious Feder A Swiss Artist, an Iconic American General and an Ambitious Federal Councilor by David Vogelsanger The Swiss Confederation owns two great paintings of American history. And Federal Councilor Jakob Dubs saw a future for his country as a European central power with its own fleet. The two stories are linked. David Vogelsanger tells how. Lexington, October 22, 1869. A man boards a canal boat returning from the small Virginia town to a known world , Washington D.C., New York and eventually home to Switzerland. In his luggage he carries a large oil portrait sti ll smelling of fresh paint. Frank Buchser has just finished one of his best paintings, lived some of the most remarkable four weeks of his adventurous live and experienced a kind of political conversion .