PRATT’S CAPTAIN JOHN BARRY
Nathan Pratt’s Captain John Barry (81.22) was on view at the Gallery for the first
time in 1966. In case you’ve forgotten, Barry, an Irishman who settled in
Philadelphia, was commander of the frigate Alliance , which outfought (and
outsmarted) three British ships in the last naval engagement of the
Revolution. He won Washington’s personal congratulations for his
gallantry.
The painting came to the
Gallery through the descendants of Peter Barry, relative of the naval hero and
an early Rochester mayor. It was recently cleaned at Oberlin College.
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