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Joseph Clopper (1802-1861), Portrait Miniature,

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Joseph Clopper (1802-1861), Portrait Miniature,
American, likely Frederick County, Maryland, ca 1814-1816, watercolor on ivory. Joseph Clopper, portrait miniature, at about 12 to 14 years of age. Accompanying this lot is a history book of The Clopper Family. In ornate gold filled case on a rope chain. On verso, the engraved initials of JCC (Joseph Cambers Clopper) with glazed aperture containing hair; 1.75" high x 1.25" wide (sight).

Joseph Clopper (1802-1861) was born in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Maryland. In 1824, after spending two previous years at Pleasant Hill Academy in Georgetown, Kentucky, the rest of his life he lived in Cincinnati, Ohio. One of his accomplishments was he founded a small school.

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