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THBJacobus Buys, John Paul Jones
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Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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LiveOct 17, 2024
Features a remarkable selection of historic Americana, including important 18th-century American furniture and Delft from the collection of Constance & Dudley Godfrey; an exceptionally rare North Carolina survey map; New England & Philadelphia furniture, including an exceptional Philadelphia easy chair & a rare Connecticut Chippendale carved cherry chest in undisturbed surface; from a Revolutionary & patriotic-focused New England collection are rare prints & documents, early brass, ceramics, furniture, & accessories; a group of early portraits features Sully, Stuart, & Sharples; & much more Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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(Dutch, 1724-1801)
Rare Portrait of John Paul Jones, referred to as the Father of the United States Navy, circa 1780-1790s, in feigned round bezel over an image of the Battle between the Continental Navy's Richard Bonhomme and the HMS Serapis, an eventual and unexpected British Naval defeat, signed bottom middle "J Buys f", pen and ink and ink wash, small original sheet 3-3/8 x 2-1/8 in., mount 9-7/8 x 7-1/2 in.; with engraving after the accompanying original by Cornelis Bogerts (or Bogaerts, Dutch, 1745-1817) and Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816), "XIII, D. Pl. X" from an unknown publication, sheet 3-1/2 x 2-1/2 in.; within one painted wood frame, 13-1/2 x 15-3/4 x in.
Provenance: Private New England Collection
Note: "Predictably, Serapis maneuvered around Bonhomme Richard, methodically inflicting heavy damage. As casualties aboard the American ship mounted, Pearson shouted to Jones, asking if he would strike his colors. Given the course of the battle to that point, it was a rational question.
Most contemporary accounts record his response as, "I may sink, but I'll be damned if I strike!" It later morphed into the phrase that has since echoed in U.S. naval history: "I have not yet begun to fight."
Jones had roiled the coasts of the British Isles, captured or destroyed British merchant ships and outfought a modern British frigate in single-ship combat, a victory that made him a hero in America and a celebrity in Paris and other European capitals."
This work is likely derived from a mezzotint by either Richard Brookshaw (circa 1736-1804) or Johann Elias Haid (1739-1809), all perhaps influenced by the repeated circulating 1780 lifetime portrait by Jean Michel Moreau (1741-1814).
References: https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/06/12/john-paul-jones-sea-power-visionary/
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/personExtended/mp02458/john-paul-jones?tab=iconography
- Provenance
Private New England Collection
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- Condition
not removed from conservation framing, floated, engraving with slight toning; frame with abrasions
