Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portrait of Marquis Lafayette Purchased by Anne Brown (1956) Description An account of the resource The three Americana portraits represent Anne Seddon Kinsolving Brown’s passion for military uniforms and regalia. She acquired the trio of portraits together in 1956 for $14,700. Before Anne bought them, they found their way from France to a military collection in Rhode Island, “a state in whose history each of the three generals had an important part.” The artist of the portraits of Marquis Lafayette and George Washington is attributed to Jean-Baptiste Le Paon, an eighteenth century French painter. He was known for painting battle and mitiarlistic scenes and was appointed “premier peintre du prince de Conde”. And the portrait of Comte de Rochambeau is attributed to another French painter by the name of Gelee. The frame of Washington’s portrait depicts the shield of the United States at the top, while the other two feature the Brown family coat of arms. In this portrait, Lafayette is the midst of a battle or in preparation for one as evident by the brooding natural background. He wears his general’s epaulettes and a blue French-cut ribbon. The blue coat and the black tricorn hat were that of a regimental cavalry officer because, as Anne Brown notes, he was “proud of his cavalry origins.” Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Le Paon, Jean-Baptiste Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital copy created by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Early 1780s (Approx.) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Minah Seo Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights Status Not Evaluated Anne Brown Music Room Painting