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Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
1824
1940.202
Oil on canvas
Artist/Maker: Charles Willson Peale

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Portrait plate

Portrait plate
Object name 
Portrait plate
Date 
ca. 1814
Medium 
Porcelain
Dimensions 
Overall: 6 1/2 in. ( 16.5 cm )
Description 
Hard-paste porcelain plate with bat printed image of Jacob Jones; matte gold bands around plate and around image of Jones.
Credit Line 
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number 
1952.138
Marks 
inscribed: on border: "JACOB JONES, ESQ/of the United States Navy"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.