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![]() JOHN LAURENS 1754-1782 by Charles Willson Peale, from a miniature after Charles Willson Peale, c. 1784 Watercolor on ivory miniature. H 1 3/4, W 1 1/2 in (H 4.4, W 3.8 cm) Independence NHP INDE 14075 |
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About this Portrait: Prior to his last visit abroad, Laurens commissioned a miniature portrait (now privately owned) from Charles Willson Peale. Laurens probably took the miniature with him in the fall of 1780 as a gift for his wife, who was living in France. Later, Peale copied the miniature for one of Laurens's comrades, Major William Jackson, apparently as a postwar memento of their joint service during the siege of Charleston. The copy miniature bears the Latin motto, ;Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” ("It is a sweet and honorable thing to die for one's country"). Ownership History: Given to the City of Philadelphia by Ann Willing Jackson, daughter of Major William Jackson, in 1876. ![]() |
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