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John Paul Jones, 1747-1792
Acclaimed in Paris after his spectacular victory in the August 23, 1779, ship-to-ship duel between the Bonhomme Richard and the British ship Serapis, John Paul Jones was "feasted and caressed" by highborn ladies, one of whom painted this miniature. "You have made me in love with my own Picture because you have condescended to Draw it," the Scottish adventurer-turned-hero wrote to the married artist, enclosing a lock of his hair and the promise of "a Cypher for a key to our future correspondence."
Charlotte-Marguerite de Bourbon, Comtesse de Lowendahl, 1780 |