Portrait of Commander Lewis Warrington  1802

The sitter of this portrait, Lewis Warrington, was educated at William and Mary College in Virginia, and entered the United States Navy as a midshipman in 1800. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in 1807, a Master-Commandant in 1813, and a Captain in 1814, when he received a medal from Congress for his successful enterprises during the War of 1812. In this portrait, Peale is...