Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait plate
Object Number:
1952.138
Date:
ca. 1814
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 in. ( 16.5 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: on border: "JACOB JONES, ESQ / of the United States Navy"
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
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
