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Lucy’s Bedroom Decor: Military Portrait

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A framed military portrait is seen above in the bedroom set of I Love Lucy on top of a chest of drawers.  It is a portrait print of Major John Biddle by the 19th century portraitist Thomas Sully (1783-1872). the original hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Biddle (1792-1859) served in the army in the War of 1812 when he was only 20 and he stayed in the army until 1821.

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Copies of the print are available on ebay HERE

Or download a digital image to print from:  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Sully_-_Portrait_of_Major_John_Biddle.jpg