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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Commodore James Barron
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Commodore James Barron

Artist Thomas F. Noon (American, 1789 - 1882)
CultureAmerican
Date1829
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 30 1/2 x 25 3/4 in. (77.5 x 65.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 38 3/8 x 33 1/2 in. (97.5 x 85.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Hope Baker
Object number77.847
Not on view
DescriptionPortrait of Commodore James Barron in uniform, facing right.

Label TextThomas F. Noon American, 1789-1882 Commodore James Barron, 1892 Oil on canvas Gift of Miss Hope Baker 77.847Exhibition HistoryExhibited at the War Memorial Museum, 1/1990, and the Yorktown Victory Center, 5/1979. Myers House Published ReferencesJanine Peterson, "Pistols at Ten Paces," _Military History_ Volume 23, No. 10 (Jan/Feb 2007): pp. 64-67. Gene Williamson, "The Court of Last Resort," AMERICAN HISTORY, February 1999, p. 34-41, 66-67., color ill. p. 39.
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