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URL:https://250.mercercountynj.gov/events/morvens-curator-corner-the-josep
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SUMMARY:Morven’s Curator Corner: The Joseph Hewes Miniature
DESCRIPTION:RSVP for a free virtual lunchtime talk with the museum’s cura
 torial team. \n\nCuratorial Assistant Emily Marturano will discuss the Jos
 eph Hewes miniature\, currently on view in Five Independent Souls: The Sig
 ners from New Jersey. \n\nThis watercolor miniature by famed artist Charle
 s Willson Peale is adorned in garnets and is the only known likeness of He
 wes\, a Signer of the Declaration and a founder of the American Navy. Comm
 issioned as a gift\, it helps shed light on personal connections\, sentime
 nts towards independence\, and illness in the months leading up to July 17
 76.\n\nPictured: Miniature of Joseph Hewes (1730–1779)\, 1776. Charles W
 illson Peale (1741–1827). Watercolor on ivory. Loan courtesy of the U.S.
  Naval Academy Museum.
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CATEGORIES:Historical
LOCATION:https://www.morven.org/events/curator-corner-the-joseph-hewes-mini
 ature
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