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Photographer: Photo courtesy of U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
Caption: Commodore Uriah Phillips Levy
Additional Description: Nineteenth-century albumin print of a painted portrait. It depicts Commodore Levy holding a scroll inscribed Author of the Abolition of Flogging in the Navy of the United States. The uniform seen in this image features four sleeve stripes, signifying the rank of Captain. Levy died in 1862, several years prior to the adoption of this element, indicating that the portrait was painted posthumously, possibly in the 1870s or 1880s. Donation of Mrs. Charles Mayhoff. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Submitted: September 28, 2018, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p447244
File Size: 0.193 Megabytes

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