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John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones

Artist: Unidentified Artist
Former attribution: Charlotte-Marguerite de Bourbon, Comtesse de Lowendahl, 1754 - 1839
Sitter: John Paul Jones, 6 Jul 1747 - 18 Jul 1792

Date: 1780

Type: Painting

Medium: Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: Sight: 7.3 x 5.4cm (2 7/8 x 2 1/8"); Frame: 7.3 x 5.1 x 0.3cm (2 7/8 x 2 x 1/8")

Topic: Costume\Hair Accessory\Wig; Costume\Dress Accessory\Epaulet; Miniature; John Paul Jones: Male; John Paul Jones: Politics and Government\Government official; John Paul Jones: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer; John Paul Jones: Congressional Gold Medal; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Conserved with funds from the Smithsonian Women's Committee

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.73.10

Provenance: (John F. Fleming, New York); purchased 1973 NPG

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery

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