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New York Public Library / https://nypl.getarchive.net/media/gouverneur-morris-070a62IMAGE INFORMATION

A likeness of Gouverneur Morris, Esq. member of congress for N. York done in black lead form of a medal for my collection

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

October 1779

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 51r

Notes:

On list of "Paintings and Drawings done."

A profile portrait of Morris (1752-1816) by Du Simitière was one of a set of fourteen engraved and published in Paris by Benoît-Louis Prévost (ca. 1735-ca. 1804) in 1781 as Collection des Portraits des Généraux, Ministres & Magistrats qui se sont rendus célèbres dans la Révolution des Treize Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale.