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    "localId": "6585",
    "label": "Andrew Jackson",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.491"
}

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    "id": "6585",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.491",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Andrew Jackson",
    "description": "A note previously attached to the portrait read: \"This miniature Portrait of General Andrew Jackson Commander in Chief of the U.S. Forces on the glorious battle field of New Orleans fought on the Eight [sic] of January 181(5) when he overcame the Britains (finest) Troops, 'the Conquerors in the peninsula War,' is respectfully presented as a token of esteen & friendship to Edward Fitzgerald 'by my dear Child,' Your faithful Lieut. [signed] Geo. A. Baker.\" The miniature is based on the portrait by John Vanderlyn in New York City Hall.",
    "provenance": "Henry F. DePuy, Easton, MD, 1921 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Erskine Hewitt, 1938, [mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink Foundation Inc., Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.",
    "date": "1844",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.491",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "miniatures (paintings)",
        "portraits"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_38.491_Fnt_DD_T12.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_38.491_Fnt_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 10.5,
            "height": 8.9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H excluding frame: 4 1/8 x W: 3 1/2 in. (10.48 x 8.89 cm); Framed H: 6 x W: 5 1/2 in. (15.24 x 13.97 cm)"
}

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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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