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{
    "localId": "37811",
    "label": "The Marquis de Lafayette",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.374"
}

{
    "id": "37811",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.374",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "The Marquis de Lafayette",
    "description": "Once attributed to John Trumbull (1756-1843), this miniature portrays the French aristocrat who, within a year of the American declaration of independence, rallied to the cause of the American Revolution.The frame is not of the period of the miniature.See Notes field",
    "provenance": "James L. Baylis, Philadelphia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mr. A.J. Fink, 1958 [mode of acquisition unknown]; A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, September 1963 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.",
    "date": "1797",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.374",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Miniatures",
        "miniatures (paintings)",
        "portraits"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_38.374_Fnt_DD_T13.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_38.374_Fnt_DD_T13.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_38.374_Fnt_DD_T13.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.2,
            "height": 4.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/4 x W: 1 5/8 in. (3.18 x 4.13 cm); H with plaque: 3 1/8 x W: 3 1/2 in. (7.94 x 8.89 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Engraved] On front of gold frame: 1797 / Marquis de Lafayette / by / John Trumbull/ [Number] On back: # 21",
    "med": "watercolor on ivory",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6184"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_38.374_Back_DD_T13.jpg",
    "mediaId": "4601a9188a28fdb1"
}