John Paul Jones, Classis Praefecto, 1747-1792 Levis_Stadium_Poster mourning rendered as martial dignity

mourning rendered as martial dignity in the long aftermath of the war he survived

as if the engraver were charting not the heavens but the failures of those who dared to read them

The portrait carries the weariness of a soldier turned statesman turned author

Washington as a Freemason

The Wonderful East River Suspension Bridge Connecting the Great Cities of New York and Brooklyn 1883

John Paul Jones, Classis Praefecto, 1747-1792 Levis_Stadium_Poster mourning rendered as martial dignityJohn Paul Jones, Classis Praefecto, 1747 1792. An engraved tribute to the Scottish born commodore styled in Latin as fleet commander, his likeness fixed between the years that bracket a life spent harrying the Royal Navy in its own waters and proving an upstart republic could fight at sea. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical