This is the center detail of a 1755 painting called “Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam”
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Featured prominently were several Rhode Island Captains, two who later became governor of Rhode Island, one became a
US Navy Commander 1775-'78, and one became a Declaration of Independence signer.
They were all friends of the painter John Greenwood who lived in Surinam.
The entire painting measures 37.75 by 75 inches (95.9 cm × 190.5 cm), oil on a bed sheet.
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