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JOHN PAUL JONES: born in Scotland, 1747; died at Paris, 1792; appointed first lieutenant of American frigate Alfred, 1775; with frigate Ranger captured British sloop Drake off English coast in 1778; commanded Bonhomme Richard in 1779 and captured the British ship Serapis in one of the world's greatest naval battles. Remains returned to United States in 1906 and interred at Annapolis.
British
1908
Medium/Technique
Chromolithograph and metallic pigment on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2014.13413
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: COPYRIGHT 1908 BY R.M. DONALDSON.
Back: divided. Mint.
B Co.
Back: divided. Mint.
B Co.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2014, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)