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Artist:
Peale, C. W.  Search this
Subject:
Porter, David  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Notes:
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 74
Of the United States Navy, born in Boston on February 1st, 1780. He resigned his commission in the navy and was appointed charge d'affaires to Constantinople; he was subsequently sent out as minister to the Porte, and there died March 28, 1843. His remains were brought to this country and interred in the city of Philadelphia. [P. 17.]
Catalogue of the National Portraits in Independence Hall: comprising many of those of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and other distinguished persons connected with the early history of the efforts which resulted in the glorious Liberty we now enjoy. Philadelphia. 1856.
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Control number:
AECI 01930074
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
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