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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Object number NPG.74.39.10.41) / https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.74.39.10.41

IMAGE INFORMATION

The engraving of Commodore Thomas Truxton

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

March 1, 1810

Primary Source Reference:

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 1 Mar 1810

Additional Source Text:

Notes:

Two engravings of Truxton are known, both of 1779: 1. By Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (1770–1852), in the National Portrait Gallery (Object number NPG.74.39.10.41) 2. By Cornelius Tiebout (1773–1832), engraver, after A. Robertson, artist, in the Naval History and Heritage Command (Catalog #: NH 43531)

William Biddle was a Philadelphia attorney.

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