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Portrait: half-figure, to the right, head in profile, in uniform. Circle, about the size of a quarter, with border and hook to look like a miniature. Portrait is shown hanging atop a pointed stone marker, with title on marker below portrait, ribbon at the top through the hook, and the following inscription on the base of the marker: "Afgeschetst in den Schouwbrug te Amsterdam den 9 October 1779." Below the marker are symbols of ships, i.e. anchor, ropes, cannon, a sword, etc. In the background, behind the marker, are two ships at sea. Provisions lists: both are lists of provisions for the Alliance, the Pallas, the Cerf, the Vengeance, and the Lagranville, on the orders of Mr. Jones, commander of the Bon-Homme Richard, dated 11 October 1779, and 13 October 1779. A reference in Morrison, John Paul Jones, a sailor's biography, states that this portrait is an etching by Simon Fokke of Amsterdam, and recognizes the ovation Jones received when he attended the theater on 9 October, 1779 in Amsterdam. Morrison claims this is one of the earliest authentic portraits of Jones. John Paul Jones was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati from the state of Pennsylvania. This engraving was exhibited at Anderson House in the spring of 2004 in a special exhibit on John Paul Jones.

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