Collection Highlights
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Date:
ca. 1845
Object Number:
PR.012.2.885
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Uniform of Thomas Tingey
Object Number:
1932.221
Date:
1812-1825
Gallery Label:
Commodore Thomas Tingey (1750-1829) served in the American navy during the Revolution as commander of the 24-gun "Ganges" and guarded the Mona Passage in the West Indies, 1798-99. He was commandant of the Washington Navy Yard from 1804 until his death in 1829.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lt. Col. Sidney G. de Kay
Provenance:
Estate of Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss; Asher B. durand and Family; Lucy Durand Woodman, Orange, New Jersey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
