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OF PORTRAIT OF
JOEL BARLOW JOEL BARLOW (1754 - 1812) Public official, poet, and author of the mock-heroic poem The Hasty Pudding, Prom. In 1788 Barlow went to France as the agent of the Scioto Land Company and induced the company of Frenchmen who ultimately founded Gallipolis, Ohio, to emigrate to America. In Paris he became a liberal in religion and an advanced republican in politics. In England he published various radical essays, including Advice to the Privileged Orders (1792), proscribed by the British government. In 1792 he was made a French citizen. Thomas Paine had become his friend in England, and during Paine's imprisonment in Paris Barlow effected the publication of The Age of Reason. In 1795-97 he was sent to Algiers to secure a release of U.S. prisoners and to negotiate treaties with Tripoli, Algiers, and Tunis. He returned to the United States in 1805 and lived near Washington, D.C., until 1811, when he became U.S. plenipotentiary to France. He became involved in Napoleon's retreat from Russia and died in Poland of exposure. Delightful ¼ plate Ruby Ambrotype of his portrait, identified within the case. Early notes indicate the family held the image for some time, "Joel Barlow Uncle of My Grandmother Rebecca Barlow. Brother of my great grandfather Col. Aaron Barlow. C. Wing" the top half of the case is missing. Accompanied by an 19th century sketch and biography of him. A Fine Ruby Ambro attributed to a prominent American. |
A Fine RUBY AMBROTYPE 
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