Collection Highlights
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Date:
ca. 1845
Object Number:
PR.012.2.885
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Luce Center
John Paul Jones Plaquette
Object Number:
INV.3469
Date:
1906
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 1/8 in. ( 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.3 cm )
Marks:
inscription: obverse, lower right within border: "V.D.Brenner"
Description:
Struck bronze plaquette with obverse showing uniformed bust of John Paul Jones with laurel branch and small anchor within shield; legend below exergual line reads: "JOHN.PAVL.JONES/.1747.1792." Reverse shows winged allegorical female figure holding laurel wreath and blowing a trumpet, in the background is procession of men, horses, and wagons and the cupola of French Pantheon; inscription above: "AMERICA.CLAIMS.HER.ILLVSTRIOVS.DEAD", in ex.: "PARIS.ANNAPOLIS.1905."
Gallery Label:
This plaquette commemorating the transfer of John Paul Jones's body was issued by the American Numismatic Society and executed in Paris. It is second in the ANS series of noted men connected with American history.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
