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Gentleman's Magazine 1849 part 1 p.96
[con]tinue to be cherished by our children through many
generations. Yesterday, being the day of his interment, it
was observed at Ulverston by the tolling of the bells of the
old church; and a blue ensign, half-pole high, waved over
the cottage where he was born."
There are three good portraits of Sir John Barrow. One by
Jackson, which is in the possession of Mr. Murray of
Albemarle-street, for whose father it was painted to form
one of a collection which that gentleman made of the
officers who commanded the expeditions to the Arctic
regions. There is an excellent copy of this portrait in
possession of Sir George Barrow, painted by Maclise, and a
smaller copy by the same artist in in the possession of Mr.
Barrow of the Admiralty. The second portrait alluded to was
painted by Lucas, about three years ago, and it has been
engraved in mezzotinto by G. T. Payne. The original was
presented to the collection of portraits of Secretaries of
the Admiralty in the official residence of the First
Secretary. The third portrait was painted by Mr. Stephen
Pearce, a very promising young artist, for Mr. Barrow. They
are all of the kit-kat size.
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