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Accessibility:
Call No:
  • 1939.3.1
Title:
  • Captain Bernon Dunn (1758-1823)
Author/Creator:
Place of Production/Origin:
Description:
  • Miniature of Bernon Dunn wearing blue jacket with brass buttons, red vest with gold edging and buttons, white shirt. In brass oval frame with pin on back.
Date(s):
  • 1770-1783;
Collection Type:
Object Type:
Material(s):
  • watercolor
  • paper
Medium(s):
  • Painting
Subjects:
Research Notes:
  • Bernon Dunn (1758-1823) direct descendant of Gabriel Bernon, 3rd generation, father of Emma Jackson Dunn Smith and great-grandfather of Clarence A.F. and Amelia E. Berg. Bernon Dunn born in Providence, R.I., son of Samuel Dunn (1724-1790) and Esther Tourtellot (b. 1723) [Esther was the daughter of Abraham Tourtellot II (1698-1762) who was the son of Abraham Tourtellot III and Maria Bernon, Gabriel Bernon's daughter]
Provenance:
Bibliographic References:
  • Goodyear Jr., Frank H. American Paintings in the Rhode Island Historical Society. Providence, RI: the Rhode Island Historical Society, 1974. Image 280, page 104.
Image ID Numbers:
  • https://RIHS.MINISISINC.COM/RIHS_IMAGE/RHiX171634w.jpg
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