PEMBROKE JONES USN & CSN. 4" x 3" painting on oval ceramic. Dignified 35 year old officer wears dark blue double breasted uniform with epaulets. John Pembroke Jones (1825-1910), Jones served as a U.S. Navy officer for 20 years but gave up his Commission in 1861 and joined the Confederate Navy. His 1910 obituary reads: "Capt. John Pembroke Jones, the oldest graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis and a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars, died at his home today. He was born in VA in 1825, and was graduated from Annapolis Naval Academy in 1847. He participated in the siege of Buena Vista as a midshipman. At the outbreak of the Civil War he joined the Confederacy. In the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac, Jones was executive office of the Merrimac". A small silvered plaque identifies Jones. CONDITION: very good overall was scattered chipping mostly on uniform. PROVENANCE: Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection. (02-21462/JS). $800-1,200.