COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
03897
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03897
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Record number:
03897-1
record_number
03897-1
Record number
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JCB call number:
D816 T483
jcb_call_no
D816 T483
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Stephen Decatur Esqe. (of the United States Navy.)
image_title
Stephen Decatur Esqe. (of the United States Navy.)
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Gilbert Stuart
creator1
Gilbert Stuart
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1755-1828
creator1_dates
1755-1828
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 2:
David Edwin
creator2
David Edwin
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 dates:
1776-1841
creator2_dates
1776-1841
Creator 2 dates
false
Place image published:
[Philadelphia]
place_image_published
[Philadelphia]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Thomas Desilver]
image_publisher
[Thomas Desilver]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1816]
image_date
[1816]
Image date
false
Image function:
frontispiece
image_function
frontispiece
Image function
false
Technique:
stipple engraving
technique
stipple engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
9.3 cm.
image_dimensions_height
9.3 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
7.6 cm
image_dimensions_width
7.6 cm
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
17.2 cm.
page_dimensions_height
17.2 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
10.3 cm.
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10.3 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
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Description:
Portrait of Stephen Decatur in military attire.
description
Portrait of Stephen Decatur in military attire.
Description
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Source creator:
Thomson, John Lewis
source_creator
Thomson, John Lewis
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Historical sketches of the late war, between the United States and Great Britain ...
source_title
Historical sketches of the late war, between the United States and Great Britain ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Philadelphia
source_place_of_publication
Philadelphia
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Published by Thomas Desilver. Also by M. Carey and A. Small ...
source_publisher
Published by Thomas Desilver. Also by M. Carey and A. Small ...
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1816
source_date
1816
Source date
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notes:
This portrait of Decatur was engraved after a painting by Gilbert Stuart. Renowned for his courageous conquest of Tripoli in 1804, Decatur garnered further fame by capturing the British frigate, Macedonian, in 1812 and by brokering a peace treaty with Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli in 1815.
notes
This portrait of Decatur was engraved after a painting by Gilbert Stuart. Renowned for his courageous conquest of Tripoli in 1804, Decatur garnered further fame by capturing the British frigate, Macedonian, in 1812 and by brokering a peace treaty with Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli in 1815.
notes
false
Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1870.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Portraits
subject_groups
Portraits
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820
subject_heads
Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
United States--History--War of 1812
subject_heads
United States--History--War of 1812
Subject headings
false