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Miniature watercolor on ivory, bust length portrait of a man facing slightly right and wearing a naval uniform, set in a molded oval ormolu frame with pendant loop at top and mounted in an album page.
miniatures (paintings)
watercolor (paint)
ivory (tooth component)
gilt bronze
Painting
"Samuel Thwing. Brother of Supply Clap Thwing. Miniature by artist / unknown. He was born in Boston September 16, 1796. / A midshipman in 1814, and fought in the Battle of Lake / Champlain with so much gallantry that Congress presented / him with a sword. Some letters relating to his service, / and a button in a frame that was on his coat. He died / in 1818 of typhoid fever contracted in the war." (Paper label)
Thwing, Samuel, 1769-1810
3721
Unknown
Probably Boston, Massachusetts
1935.411
Title Button from Samuel Livermore's uniform. Accession Number 1935.412
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