Photo #: NH 48246
Captain James Lawrence, USN (1781-1813)
19th Century photograph of a portrait painted by Samuel Lovett
Waldo in 1813, after Lawrence's command, USS Hornet, had
captured HMS Peacock.
The original painting was owned by Rear Admiral Charles S. Boggs,
USN, a descendant of Lawrence. It was lost in a fire that destroyed
Boggs's home on Staten Island.
The photograph was donated by Julian Bowes during the 1930s or
1940s. It had previously been owned by James Lawrence Boggs,
of Newark, New Jersey.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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