NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
EVANSTON
ILLINOIS
PORTRAITS
BY EARLY AMERICAN ARTISTS
OF THE SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEENTH
AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES
COLLECTED BY
THOMAS B. CLARKE
EXHIBITED AT
THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
FAIRMOUNT
1928
PORTRAITS
BY EARLY AMERICAN ARTISTS
OF THE SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEENTH
AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES
COLLECTED BY
THOMAS B. CLARKE
EXHIBITED AT
THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
FAIRMOUNT
1928
Copyrighted 1918
by
Thomas B. Clarke
The Museum considers itself particularly fortunate in
securing Mr. Clarke's generous consent to show his entire
collection of early American paintings in its inaugural
exhibition.
Thus, this collection, quietly formed over a period of
thirty years and known only to a privileged few, may be
seen by the public for the first time. It will be obvious to
those who see it or who read these pages, that it displays
with unique completeness the history of American paint-
ing from its very beginnings until deep in the nineteenth
century. Scarcely an artist of any merit from this period
but is represented by one, or even by many, fine and char¬
acteristic canvasses. Particularly notable are the group
of works from the very beginnings of American art in the
seventeenth century, the three portraits of Washington
painted from life, and the remarkable group of Stuarts,
unequalled anywhere even in a public collection. It is a
matter of more than local interest that so many of the
pictures were painted in Philadelphia, so long the metrop¬
olis and the capital of this country, and that thirty-six
are known to have been painted in Pennsylvania.
The Museum is indebted to Mr. Clarke for the prepa¬
ration of this catalogue, with its valuable historical
notes and biographical material, so much of which is
not available elsewhere.
FISKE KIMBALL, Director
583585
ARTISTS REPRESENTED
Allston, Washington
Alexander, Francis
Ames, Ezra
Ames, Joseph A.
Audubon, John J. (two)
Benbridge, Henry (two)
Blackburn, Joseph
Bridges, Charles
Brown, Mather (three)
Clark, Alvan
Claypole, James
Copley, John S. {four)
Couturier, Henri (two)
Dblanoy, Abraham
Dunlap, William
Durand, Asher B. (two)
Duvenbck, Frank (two)
Duyckinck, Evert, ist
Duyckinck, Gerret
Duyckinck, Evert, 3rd
Duyckinck, Gerardus
Earl, Ralph (two)
Earl, Ralph E. W.
Eichholtz, Jacob (Jour)
Elliott, Charles L. (two)
Emmons, Nathaniel
Fekr, Robert (two)
Frothingham, James
Fulton, Robert (three)
Harding, Chester
Hbaly, George P. A.
Herring, James
Hesselius, John
Hicks, Thomas
Huntington, D. (three)
Inman, Henry (four)
Jarvis, John Wesley
Johnson, David
Johnson, Eastman
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1768-1836
1816-1871
1785-1851
1744-1811
18th Century
18th Century
1761-1831
1804-1887
1710-1796
1737-1815
Died 1664
18th Century
1766-1839
1796-1886
1848-1919
1611-1701
1660-1710
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1816-1906
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1817-1908
1814-1906
Johnson, John
Johnston, Henrietta
Jouett, Matthew H.
King, Charles Bird
Krimmel, John Lewis
Lambdin, James Reid
Leutze, Emanuel
Malbone, Edward G.
Marchant, Edward D.
Mare, John
Metcalfe, Eliab
Morse, S. F. B. (three)
Mount, William S.
Neagle, John (eight)
Peale, Charles W. (three)
Peale, James
Peale, Rembrandt (four)
Pelham, Henry
Pelham, Peter
Pine, Robert Edge
Pratt, Matthew
Quidor, John
Read, William
Savage, Edward
Smibert, John (four)
Spencer, Francis R.
Strycker, J. G. (two)
Stuart, G. (twenty-nine)
Sully, Thomas (ten)
Theus, Jeremiah (three)
Trumbull, John
Vanderlyn, John (two)
Vanderlyn, Pieter
Waldo, Samuel L. (two)
Watson, John
Wertmuller, Adolph U.
West, Benjamin (three)
Wollaston, John (four)
1751-1818
Died 1718
1787-1817
1785-1861
1787-1811
1807-1889
1816-1868
1777-1807
1806-1887
18th Century
1785-1834
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Died 1687
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1756-1843
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1751-1811
1738-1810
18th Century
77 Artists
164 Subjects
GILBERT STUART'S FAMILY
AND PAINTING-ROOM—THE ARTIST AND
MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY
PAINTED IN BOSTON IN 182.7
Height 14 inches; width 17 inches
Allston is seated at an easel in Stuart's painting-room, palette in
hand, but has turned toward the spectator, and Stuart sits before
him with his back to the spectator, his face seen in profile toward
Allston. Stuart's three daughters are in front of him, Anne at his
elbow, Mrs. Stebbins carrying her small child, and Jane Stuart
looking over Mrs. Stebbins' shoulder. At the left of the group are
Mr. Stebbins, cane in arm, and Gilbert Stuart Newton holding a
portfolio and a third unidentified figure. Mrs. Stuart, on the right,
bends over Allston's chair, and behind her on the wall hangs a
portrait of the Stuarts' deceased son, Charles.
by Washington Allston (.1779-1843)
Washington Allston, a South Carolinian, born at Waccamaw,
on November 5, 1779, was sent to Rhode Island as a child, his
native climate not agreeing with him. He was educated at Har¬
vard and returned to South Carolina, where he painted some
religious compositions. In 1801 he went with Malbone to England
and studied under West at the Royal Academy. In the following
year he exhibited three pictures at Somerset House and sold one of
them. Three years later he accompanied Vanderlyn to France,
reveling there in the art treasures Napoleon had accumulated from
all Europe and developing the richness of color that came to
characterize many of his paintings. He visited Italy, came back to
America and married, and again in 1811 returned to England,
taking with him S. F. B. Morse as a pupil. After a few years he
returned home, a success on both sides of the ocean. He died at
Cambridge, Mass., July 9, 1843.
SARAH BLAKE STURGIS
(1815-1881)
member of the shaw and parkman families of boston
painted in boston in 183 5
Height xii/i, inches; width 18 inches
by Francis Alexander (1800-1880)
Francis Alexander was born in Connecticut in 1800 and died in
1880. Began painting in water color when quite young and
studied under Alexander Robertson in New York. Later went to
Providence and then opened his studio in Boston, where among
many sitters the most famous was Daniel Webster. In 1831 he
visited Europe, finally settling in Florence, where he remained
until his death. Alexander wrote a short autobiography published
in Dunlap's "History." He went to New York for a brief period
in 1810 and again the following year for study. He then went to
Boston with a letter to Gilbert Stuart from John Trumbull, where
he advanced rapidly in his painting under Stuart's influence.
MARIA GANSEVOORT MELVILLE
(1791-1871)
daughter of general peter gansevoort of albany, n. y.
she was the mother of the novelist herman melvillb
Height 19 inches; width 14 inches
by Ezra Ames (1768-1836)
Ezra Ames was an Albany painter of modest achievements,
who, says Tuckerman's "Book of the Artists" (page 68), "turned
his attention to portraiture and gained distinction in i8iz by
exhibiting his portrait of Governor George Clinton at the Penn¬
sylvania Academy. During several years he executed portraits of
the Western members of the Legislature, and these, with other
specimens of his imitative skill, are widely scattered in New York
State." He was born in 1768 and died in 1836.
GEORGE SOUTHWARD
(1803-1876)
AN ARTIST OP SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
Height 30 inches; width 14 inches
by Joseph A. Ames (1816-1872)
Born in New Hampshire in 1816, and died in New York in 1872..
Began his career by painting portraits in his native state, before
opening a studio in Boston. He studied in Rome, painting a por¬
trait of Pope Pius IX, which was greatly admired. On his return,
he painted portraits for some time in Boston, and finally settled in
New York, where he died. He was elected Associate of the National
Academy of Design in 1869 and in 1870 became an Academician.
HENRY CLAY
(1777-1851)
FAMOUS ORATOR AND STATESMAN
UNITED STATES SENATOR PROM 1806-185!
Height inches; width inches
by John J. Audubon {1787-1871)
ANNA CORA MO WATT
(1819-1870)
DRAMATIST AND ACTRESS
Height 14 inches; width 18 inches
by John James Audubon (1787-1871)
John James Audubon came to New York in August 18x4, Sully
having given him letters to Stuart, Allston and Trumbull. At this
time Audubon met John Vanderlyn and stood to him for the fig¬
ure of Vanderlyn's portrait of General Jackson. Audubon visited
Meadville, Penn., in 18x4, and while in that city painted several
portraits. Late in 18x4, he went to Louisiana. He remained in the
South until May 18x6, when he again started for Europe, landing
at Liverpool on July xi. He was at once invited to show his draw¬
ings at the Royal Academy. He made several trips to the United
States between 18x9 and 1839. He died in New York, January X7,
1851.
JAMES DE LANCEY
(1731-1800)
STATESMAN AND CAPITALIST
PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 177!
Height 40 inches; width 30Y* inches
James de Lanccy was the eldest son of Lieut.-Gov, James
de Lanccy and his wife Ann Heathcote de Lanccy. He was born in
1731 and died in 1800. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge
and entered the Army on his return to New York at the beginning
of the French and Indian War. He served at Fort Niagara and was
aide to Gen. Abercrombie at Ticonderoga. At his father's death
in 1760 he retired from the Army to manage his estate and enter
politics. He was then the richest man in America and the head of
the Conservatives, called after him the de Lanccy Party.
by Htnry Benbridge (1744-1812)
OLIVER DE LANCEY
(1718-1785)
GENERAL IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. LATER A
WEALTHY MERCHANT IN NEW YORK CITY
PAINTED IN I77I
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
This portrait of Gen. De Lancey by Benbridge is very unusual,
being the only one which it is believed is signed and dated. It may
have been painted in Philadelphia where the General had many
friends and connections. His wife's family lived there. His nephew,
Capt. James De Lancey, whose portrait was also painted by Ben¬
bridge (in 1771) was married on August 17, 1771, to Margaret
Allen of Philadelphia.
by Henry Benbridge (IJ44-1812)
Henry Benbridge was born in Philadelphia, May 2.0, 1744, and
died in February, 1811. At an early age he went to Italy, where
he studied under Battoni and under Mengs, and progressed so well
that in 1768 he was sent to Corsica, on the order of James Boswell
of Auchinleck, to paint a whole-length portrait of Gen. Pascal
Paoli, which Benbridge, on reaching London the following year,
exhibited at the Free Society of Artists. While in London, Ben¬
bridge painted a portrait of Doctor Franklin which, with another
portrait, he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1770. Later he
returned to Philadelphia, and on January 18, 1771, he was elected
a member of the American Philosophical Society. Benbridge set¬
tled in Charleston, S. C., where he painted many of the portraits
found in the South attributed to Copley.
GENERAL JOSHUA WINSLOW
(172.7-1801)
SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE CAPTURE OF
LOUISBURG IN 1745. GENERAL IN THE
EXPEDITION TO ACADIA IN I755
PAINTED IN I75O
Height 30^ inches; width 2.5 inches
by Joseph Blackburn
In the bulletin of the Cleveland Museum issued November, 1919,
the following biographical notes are given:
"This artist has until recently been known by the name of
Jonathan B. Blackburn, in spite of the fact that all of his signed
works thus far discovered bear, with one exception, the signature
I. Blackburn. As I and J were in Blackburn's time used interchange¬
ably, the writer was in doubt as to which was the initial of his
Christian name until he discovered last spring in a private house
in Brooklyn, N. Y., a portrait signed Jos. Blackburn, which set¬
tled the point. No portrait by him has been found bearing a date
earlier than 1754. The portrait of Joshua Winslow in the present
exhibition is signed ana dated 1750, which makes this the earliest
Blackburn known to date and none are known after 1761, and it is
the writer's opinion that he was, judging from his name, of low¬
land Scotch birth or ancestry, and from the character of his work
that he was English taught, and that these two dates confine the
period of his sojourn in this country. Neither his birth nor death
dates have been found, nor is it known whither he went after
leaving, nor why he left."
There are about eighty portraits by Blackburn in America, and
most of these bear his signature.
ANNE BROWN HAMILTON
WIFE OF ANDREW HAMILTON (1676-I741), ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF PENNSYLVANIA, I734, ARCHITECT OF
THE STATE HOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA, 1719
Height 41 inches; width 30 inches
by Charles Bridges
Charles Bridges, an Englishman, painted in Virginia from 1730
to 1750. Most of the portraits in the South attributed to Sir God¬
frey Kneller were by Bridges. He painted as late as 1750. Many of
his portraits are extant and almost always in case of women may
be known by a lock of hair resting on or in front of the shoulder.
Bridges was trained in the British School, and shows by his work
the influence of Lely and Kneller.
Mrs. Hamilton died about 1736 according to the statement of
C. P. Keith in his Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania.
The miniature of Andrew Hamilton which Mrs. Hamilton is
holding in this portrait is perhaps the only true likeness in exis¬
tence, as the published engravings, etc., are all from a copy of an
original which was destroyed. This copy was made by Wert-
muller about fifty years after the death of Hamilton.
Their only daughter, Margaret Hamilton, married in 1734 Wil¬
liam Allen, Chiefjustice of Pennsylvania and Mayor of Philadel¬
phia. Her portrait was painted in Philadelphia in 1746 by James
Claypole.
THOMAS DAWSON
(17x5-1813)
VISCOUNT CREMORNE I785. MARRIED THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF
WILLIAM PENN. PAINTED IN LONDON IN 1788
Height 30 inches; width X5 inches
by Mather Brown Qij6i-i8}i)
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
(1767-185X)
TENTH DUKE OF HAMILTON, SCOTLAND
FROM THE HAMILTON PALACE COLLECTION
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Mather Brown (iy61-18}i)
WILLIAM VANS MURRAY
(176X-1803)
PAINTED IN LONDON IN 1787
MINISTER OF UNITED STATES TO THE NETHERLANDS, 1797
ENVOY TO FRANCE IN 1799
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Mather Brown (ij6 1-1831)
Mather Brown was born in Boston in 1761. He was the son of
Gawen Brown, a noted clockmaker, whose portrait was painted
in this country by J. S. Copley in 1763. Brown went to Paris in his
nineteenth year with letters to Benjamin Franklin there, and to
J. S. Copley in London. In 1781, he received instruction from Ben¬
jamin West, through the influence of Franklin, and later became
acquainted with Gilbert Stuart. Many well-known Americans and
Europeans sat to Mather Brown for their portraits, among them
Jefferson, Adams, and Tom Paine. He painted during his long
stay the portraits of the Royal family. He exhibited in the Royal
Academy for nearly fifty years, and died in London in 1831.
BARNABUS CLARK
(1799-1890)
ENGRAVER AND BROTHER OF THE ARTIST
PAINTED IN 18ll
Height 17^2 inches; width zx inches
by Alvan Clark (1804-188-7)
Alvan Clark was born in Ashfield, Mass., March 8, 1804. He
was an engraver and was employed for a short time in Boston,
where he made water colors and India ink portraits. He also
painted in Providence, R. I., New York, and Fall River, Mass.
In 1835 he commenced to make miniatures and large portraits. At
forty years of age Clark became interested in telescopes and made
the first achromatic lenses manufactured in this country.
Alvan Clark and Chester Harding each painted the other's like¬
ness. Clark also painted a portrait of Mrs. Chester Harding.
He died August 19, 1887, in Cambridge, Mass.
MARGARET HAMILTON ALLEN
(Died 1760)
WIFE OF WILLIAM ALLEN (1705-1780), THE MAYOR
OF PHILADELPHIA, I735, AND CHIEF JUSTICE
OF PENNSYLVANIA, I75O-I774
PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1746
Height 30 inches; width 2.5 inches
by James Clay pole* (1720-17 9<0
James Claypole was the earliest native artist of Pennsylvania.
He was born in Philadelphia, January vj, 1710 and died in the
West Indies about 1796. He was the son of Joseph Claypoole of
Philadelphia and his second wife, Edith Ward. Joseph Claypoole
was the First Warden of Christ Church, Philadelphia, and was
"concerned in the promoting and assisting in the building of
Christ Church and contributed much toward it." As Mrs. Allen's
family owned a vault in Christ Church and she herself was mar¬
ried there it is not unlikely that she was acquainted with the
artist son of the First Warden of the Church. Joseph Claypoole,
the artist's father, was born in 1677 and died before May 3, 1744.
He was the son of James Claypoole, friend of Penn, Patentee of
Pennsylvania and Register General of the Colony. This might also
indicate an acquaintanceship between the family of the artist and
sitter, as Mrs. Allen's daughter Anne married John Penn, and her
family had always been on terms of friendship with the Penns.
The first James Claypoole was a wealthy merchant. His son J oseph,
father of the artist, was also a man of wealth, as he was a large
property owner in Philadelphia.
*in signing his name the painter dropped one "o" from the usual spelling.
James Claypole painted portraits in Philadelphia before 1750;
little is known of his paintings, but he was the instructor of his
nephew, Matthew Pratt, whose autobiographical notes state that
he was apprenticed "to my uncle James Claypoole, limner and
portrait painter in general" in 1749. His work shows that he was
guided by a painter of no mean acquirements. Claypole abandoned
art for public life and was High Sheriff of Philadelphia during the
Revolutionary War. Claypole was married twice. His first wife
whom he married May 14, 1741 was Rebecca White. His second
wife was Mary Chambers. His daughter Elizabeth married Timo¬
thy Matlack, the soldier and patriot of Philadelphia, whose por¬
trait was painted by Charles Willson Peale. His daughter, Mary,
married James Peale, the artist, brother of Charles Willson Peale,
and his cousin John Claypoole was the husband of the celebrated
Betsy Ross.
The portrait is inscribed on the back of the canvas "Margaret
Allen. Drawn and colored by Claypole, Philadelphia, 1746."
Charles Willson Peale, in a letter mentions "James Claypole
whose paintings he examined at his home in Philadelphia in 1762..
Mrs. Allen's mother, Anne Brown Hamilton, was painted by
Charles Bridges, and the portrait is in this exhibition.
GAWEN BROWN
(1719-1801)
FATHER OF THE AMERICAN ARTIST, MATHER BROWN
(1761-1831)
He was a famous clock-maker of Boston, Mass. The clock in
the Old South Church in Boston was installed by him in 1774.
PAINTED IN BOSTON IN 1763
Height i8 inches; width zz inches
by John Singleton Copley
JANE BROWNE
(1734-1801)
MARRIED HON. SAMUEL LIVERMORE, I759
PAINTED IN PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1756
Height 30 inches; width 35 inches
by John Singleton Copley {17$7-181 J)
HENRY LAURENS
(1714-1791)
PRESIDENT OF THE THIRD CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, I777
PAINTED IN LONDON IN I78L
Height 50 inches; width 40 inches
by John Singleton Copley {1737-1813)
JEREMIAH TAYLOR
A DISTINGUISHED ENGLISH SURGEON
(1759-1816)
Height 34 inches; width 17 inches
by John Singleton Copley {1737-181/)
The artist, John Singleton Copley, was born in Boston in 1737,
and at the age of fifteen painted a portrait of his stepfather, Peter
Pelham. When he was twenty-nine he was for the first time an
exhibitor at London, through a portrait sent over to Benjamin
West. Copley was elected a member of the Society of Arts of Great
Britain. Charles Willson Peale sought instruction from him in
1768, so rapid had been Copley's rise in America, and later Trum¬
bull wanted to study under him. In 1774 Copley went to England
and Italy, settling in London in 1775, and remaining there until
his death in 1815.
FREDERICK PHILIPSE
(1616-1701)
ORIGINAL OWNER OF PHILIPSE MANOR, YONKERS, N. Y.
PAINTED IN 1674
Height 18)^ inches; width 13 inches
by Henri Couturier (Died 1684)
OLOFF STEVENSE VAN CORTLANDT
(1610-1684)
PROMINENT IN THE EARLY LIFE OF
NEW AMSTERDAM
Height i8J^ inches; width 13 inches
Oloff Stevense Van Cortlandt, founder of the family, arrived in
New Amsterdam, March 18, 1638, on board the Haering, a man
of war belonging to the West India Company. He was a soldier
in the service of the company but did not remain long in this
capacity as he was shortly promoted by his friend and fellow
traveler, Director Kieft, to the post of Commissary of Cargoes
(July 1639). In 1649, his experience as a soldier was of service
when he became captain of the Burger guard, or train band.
Through his long career, he held many public offices beginning
in 1645 when he became a member of the Board of Eight Men
and in 1649 of the Nine Men of which he became president. In
1654 and 1655 he was Schepcn, the next year he became Burgo¬
master, which office he held intermittently until 1665 after the
capture by the English.
In 1666, 1667 and 1673 he was Alderman. He also served on
several commissions notably that which negotiated the terms of
surrender to the English in 1664, the Hartford settlement of the
Connecticut boundary dispute in 1663 and John Scott's claim to
Long Island in 1664.
This portrait of him is signed like that of his son-in-law Philipse,
with the monogram of the artist, Henri Couturier, which also
may be seen on a ship register dated May 5, 1663, by which Cou¬
turier acknowledged the receipt of goods delivered to him.
by Henri Couturier
According to the lettering on this portrait it was painted and
signed by the monogram interlaced, the first two
initials being those of the Ltd, artist Couturier. Searching
for proof that the portrait * * was by him, this monogram
was found on a ship register of a "list of goods" sent to New
Amstel on the South River of New Netherland on May 5, 1663,
from Amsterdam. In the margin next to the entry concerning the
shipment of goods from Jacob Coetrier to Hendrick Coetrier is
the reproduction of this monogram. It was evidently placed there
in acknowledgment of the receipt of goods, just as today we sign
for the delivery of goods by express, etc. Nearly all the other items
in this list are initialed in this manner by the recipients. Jacob
Coetrier was the son of the artist, and is listed as his second son
in the baptismal records of the Reformed Dutch Church, New
York. Couturier's children appear to have been mature at the date
of baptism as all three were baptized on the same day. This fact
is supported by the reference to Jacob consigning goods to his
father in 1663, the year after he was baptized and also by the
record of Isaac, the artist's oldest son signing the Remonstrance
to the Director-General in 1664. These children may have been
born abroad, or perhaps in Delaware, where their father spent a
great part of his life and became a distinguished citizen, holding
office of Councillor and Burgomaster of that province. This would
account for their not having been baptized earlier.
The various spellings of the name are very confusing, extracts
copied from documents have been found with the name spelled
two different ways even in the same document. He died in 1684.
PETER R. LIVINGSTON
(1737-1794)
president of the provincial congress
1776-1777
member of the assembly, i780-i781
colonel of militia from the manor
of livingston during the
revolutionary war
painted in new york in i77l
Height icjHj inches; width 15 inches
by Abraham Delanoy (circa 1740-178;)
Abraham Delanoy, a native of New York, was born about
1740. Studied art under Benjamin West in London and in January,
1771, advertised his profession as a portrait painter in New York.
He died in 1785 or 1786.
We know that the family of Col. Peter R. Livingston and that
of Delanoy were known to each other as Col. Peter's son, Peter
W. Livingston, married Elizabeth Beekman, a relative of the
artist Abraham Delanoy. She was a daughter of Gerard William
Beekman and a granddaughter of William Beekman and Catherine
Peters Delanoy. The latter was the daughter of Abraham Delanoy
and Cornelia Jacobse Toll, widow of Evert Duyckinck, znd.
JOHN HOWARD PAYNE
(179Z-185Z)
poet, dramatist and celebrated actor. author of
"home, sweet home"
pastel executed in new york city in 1809
Height 16 inches; width 13^ inches
Payne has the distinction of being the first native American
Hamlet. In May, 1809, having had only a few months' experience
on the stage, he appeared for the first time in this Shakspearian
character at the Park Theatre, New York. William Dunlap was
the manager of the theatre, acting in this capacity from 1806 un¬
til i8iz.
by William Dunlap {1766-18}$)
William Dunlap was born in Perth Amboy, N. J., February 19,
1766, and died in New York City, September z8, 1839. He was an
author and manager as well as a portrait painter. He began paint¬
ing portraits at the age of seventeen. At that age in 1783, he was
accorded an opportunity to make a portrait in pastel of General
Washington at Rocky Point, near Princeton. In 1784 Dunlap
went to London to study art with Benjamin West. He returned
to America in 1787, settled in New York and painted a number of
portraits.
He wrote and published in New York in 1834, a "History of
the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States,"
the earliest book on the subject.
CHRISTIAN GOBRECHT
(1785-1844)
AMERICAN ENGRAVER AND INVENTOR
Height 34)4 inches; width 2.7)4 inches
by Asher Brown Durand Qijg6~i886~)
GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE
(1786-1875)
U. S. CONSUL AT CADIZ, SPAIN
MEMBER OF CONGRESS (1839-1841)
Height 34 inches; width 2.7 inches
by Asher Brown Durand Qiyg6-i886~)
Asher Brown Durand was born in Jefferson, N. J., August 2.1,
1796, and died in South Orange, N. J., August 17, 1886. His first
instruction in art was in the workshop of his father, a jeweler,
where Durand engraved the initials on silverware. He then took
up engraving, ana making a considerable success of it, was ap¬
prenticed to Peter Maverick, an engraver in New York City. He
achieved considerable distinction through his engravings made
from paintings by the best artists of the day. Being dissatisfied
with engraving, he gradually took up painting, ana in 1835 de¬
voted himself to portraits and landscapes. He painted a number
of excellent portraits. He was one of the founders of the New
York Academy of Design in 1816 and was its President from 1845
to 1861.
LESLIE PEASE BARNUM
(1846-1915)
UNITED STATES VICE-CONSUL IN MUNICH, 1875-1877
PAINTED IN 1876
Height 2.2. inches; width 16 inches
by Frank Duveneck (.1848-1 gig)
WILLIAM GEDNEY BUNCE
(1840-1916)
A NOTED MARINE PAINTER
PORTRAIT MADE IN MUNICH CIRCA 1878
Height 30 inches; width 2.6 inches
by Frank Duveneck Q1848-191$)
Frank Duveneck, painter, sculptor, etcher and teacher. Was
born at Covington, Ky., in 1848, and received his early training
at a monastery near Pittsburgh. He also studied in Munich. He
was made a National Academician in 1906, and was a member of
the Society of American Artists of New York, Cincinnati Art
Club, and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He died
January z, 1919.
STEPHANUS VAN CORTLANDT
(1643-1700)
FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN MAYOR
OF NEW YORK CITY, 1677
FIRST LORD OF THE MANOR
OF CORTLANDT, 1697
PAINTED IN 1693
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Evert Duyckinck, 1st Q1621-1J02)
Evert Duyckinck, 1st, came to New Amsterdam in 1638 from
Holland. He is variously described in the records of the day as a
limner, painter, glazier and burner of glass. He married in 1646
Hendrickje Simons from Noordthorn. Was a member of the Dutch
Church in 1649 and resided then and for many years in Hoogh
Street (now Stone Street). He became fire warden in 1674, and
was admitted a freeman of the city in 1698.
As late as 1700 the records refer to his glass making, and in
certain grants of land under water made to Evert Duyckinck and
his son Gerret, Evert is called a limner, and Gerret a painter.
There is a portrait of Lieut.-Gov. William Stoughton by Evert
Duyckinck, 1st, in the Boston Atheneum.
ANN SINCLAIR CROMMELIN
(1691-1743)
DAUGHTER OF MARYKEN DUYCKINCK
PAINTED IN 1715
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Evert Duyckinck, 3rd (1tf77-.r7.27)
Evert Duyckinck, 3rd, was born in 1677 and died in 1717. He
was the son of Evert Duyckinck, znd. The artist and subject of
this portrait, Ann Sinclair Crommelin, were first cousins and were
both grandchildren of Evert Duyckinck, 1st. The Duyckincks
were the most important family of painters yet found in Colonial
America.
JAMES DELANCEY
(1703-1760)
CHIEF JUSTICE AND LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW YORK
PAINTED IN 1718
Height 30 inches; width Z5 inches
by Gerardus Duyckinck (1693-1742)
Gerardus Duyckinck was the son of Gerret Duyckinck (1660-
1710). He was baptized June 19, 1695, and was married to Johanna
Van Brugh, August zi, 17Z0. He was admitted as a freeman of the
city in 1731 and there described as a limner. He died November
5. I742-
ANNE VAN CORTLANDT
(MRS. STEPHEN DELANCEY)
(1676-I741)
PAINTED IN 1699
Height 19)4 inches; width Z4]/2 inches
Anne Van Cortlandt was the daughter of Stephanus and Ger¬
trude Schuyler Van Cortlandt. She was born in 1676 and died in
1741. In 1700 she married Stephen deLancey. This portrait of her
resembles very strongly those of her sisters, Elizabeth, wife of
the Rev. William Skinner of Perth Amboy, and Gertrude, wife
of Col. Henry Beekman, which are reproduced in the "Manor of
Van Cortlandt."
The portrait is signed and dated Gt. Duyckinck, 1699. The
latter elate was the year previous to her marriage to Stephen
dcLancey and the year before the death of her father Stephanus
Van Cortlandt whose portrait was painted in 1693 by Evert
Duyckinck, the father of Gerret.
by Gerret Duyckinck Qi66o-ijio)
Gerret Duyckinck was the son of Evert Duyckinck and was
baptized April n, 1660. He married Maria Abeel of Albany, July
6, 1683, and resided in Hoogh (now Stone Street). For many years
he was assistant Alderman and in 1689 became identified with
Leisler's government as a member of his council, and was promi¬
nent during those exciting times. Leisler appointed him Captain
of foot for the North Ward of New York on December 16, 1689,
and in 1690 a member of the Court of Admiralty. He was admitted
as a freeman of the city in 1699. Gerret Duyckinck is referred to
by Jasper Dankers, a Labadist Father in his diary under date of
March 7, 1679, as follows: "They had built a new church in the
Hysopus, of which the glass had been made and painted in the
City, by the father of our mate, Evert Duiken, whose other son,
Gerret, did most of the work. This Gerret Duiken had to take
the glass to the Hysopus, and having heard we had a mind to go
there, he requested our company, which we would not refuse him
when the time came. He promised to teach me to draw."
And again when he landed at the Hysopus on May 7th he
"found Gerret, the glass maker, there with his sister. He was
engaged putting the glass in their new church.''
He died about 1710, having attained a position of considerable
social, financial and political importance.
THOMAS EARL
(1737-1819)
COUSIN OF THE ARTIST RALPH EARL
GUNMAKER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
HE LIVED AT CHERRY VALLEY, MASS., WHERE HE WAS
PAINTED IN 180O
Height 37^2 inches; width 33 inches
by Ralph Earl Qijji-i8oi)
SAMUEL STANHOPE SMITH
(1750-1819)
PAINTED IN 1798
Height 30 inches; width inches
Founder and First President of Hampden-Sidney College; 1775
1779- President of Princeton College; i794-i8il.
In i8zi, Susan Smith, daughter of the subject, gave this portrait
to the Rev. Dr. Beaslcy, who was a personal friend of the sitter,
who had previously written a memoir of the life of Samuel Stan¬
hope Smith, which was published with a collection of his sermons.
In September, 1847, this portrait was sold by the widow of Dr.
Beaslcy to Edward R. Lyman. The receipt for this portrait reads:
Sept. 2.5, 1847.
Received of Edward R. Lyman the sum of one hundred dollars
for the portrait of Dr. Samuel Stanhope Smith painted by Ralph
Earl, the same being the one which in i8zi was given to my
husband, the late Dr. Frederick Beasley, by Mrs. Susan Solomons,
daughter of Dr. Smith.
Maria Beasley.
Since the date of this receipt (1847), the portrait remained in
the Lyman family until 1918.
by Ralph Earl (ijji-1801)
Ralph Earl was the son of Ralph and Phebe (Whittemore) was
born May 11, 1751, probably in the town of Shrewsbury, Worces¬
ter County, Mass. He went to London and studied painting under
Benjamin West, and was elected to the Royal Academy in 1783.
Earl returned to America about 1786, where he continued to paint
many portraits until his death. He died August 16, 1801, at Bol¬
ton, Conn.
ANDREW JACKSON
(1767-1845)
seventh president of the united states, 18z9-1837
major-general, united states army, 1814
Height 30 inches; width inches
by Ralph E. W. Earl Qiy88-i8}f)
This portrait was painted from life, at the Hermitage, for John
Decker, who served with Jackson at the battle of New Orleans.
Raloh E. W. Earl was born in 1788, in England, and was the
son ot the painter, Ralph Earl (1751-1801), by his second wife.
He came to America with his father, but returned to England to
study, 1809. He was in Paris in 1814, and returned to the United
States in 1815, landing in Georgia. He went to Nashville, and in
1818, married Jane Caffcry, a niece of Mrs. Rachel Jackson. His
wife lived only a few months. He never married again but con¬
tinued to live with General Jackson until his death, September
16, 1837. He was buried in the garden of the Hermitage. When
Jackson was President, he lived at the White House, and when
Jackson retired from the Presidency, in 1837, he returned with
him to the Hermitage, and died the same year.
WILLIAM CLARK FRAZER
(1776-1838)
CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN,
1836-1838
PAINTED IN LANCASTER, PA., IN 1835
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Jacob Eicbholtz (1776-1842)
MRS. PHOEBE FREEMAN
(181Z-1850)
WIFE OF DR. C. FREEMAN OF LANCASTER, PA.
Height Z7 inches; width zz inches
by Jacob Eicbholtz (1776-1842)
HENRY EICHHOLTZ LEMAN
(1811-1887)
A MANUFACTURER, OF LANCASTER, PA.
PAINTED IN 1833
Height 30 inches; width Z5 inches
by Jacob Eicbholtz. (1776-1842)
JAMES P. SMITH
(1804-1888)
WELL KNOWN MINIATURE PAINTER OF PHILADELPHIA
PAINTED IN 1835
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by his friend Jacob Eicbholtz (1776-1842)
Jacob Eichholtz was born in Lancaster, Pa., in 1776. He was
an expert coppersmith, but early developed a talent for portrait
painting. Early in the century he was aided by visiting artists,
and when Sully visited there, Eichholtz offered him the use of his
painting-room which was readily accepted, and in return Sully
gave him what professional information he could.
Later a Mr. Barton strongly urged him to visit Stuart at Boston.
As a specimen of his work at that time he took with him his best-
known portrait, that of Nicholas Biddle, with the U. S. Bank in
the background, which was well received. On his return he set¬
tled in Philadelphia as a professional portrait painter remaining
there for ten years. Among his subjects and sitters were Andrew
Jackson, Chief Justices Marshall and Gibson, Governors Shulze,
Porter and Ritncr, and many of the foremost people of his day in
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Harrisburg and Lancaster. He died May
ix, 1841 in Lancaster, Pa.
CHARLES LORING ELLIOTT
(1811-1868)
Height 15)4 inches; width zofi inches
Self portrait when a young man
WILLIAM S. MOUNT
(1807-1868)
THE PORTRAIT AND GENRE PAINTER
A PAINTING FROM LIFE
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Charles Lor ing Elliott (1 812-18 6f)
Charles Loring Elliott, who was born in Scipio, New York, in
December, 1811, worked in New York City, and died in Albany,
his death occurring on September 15, 1868. He became, after the
death of Henry Inman, the leading portrait painter in America.
Inman had foreseen that he would, for, after a visit from Elliott,
shortly before Inman's death, the elder painter remarked: "When
I am gone that young man will take my place. He has the true
idea of portrait painting."
JONATHAN BELCHER
(1681-1757)
GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE
AND NEW JERSEY
A FOUNDER OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, N. J.
PAINTED IN BOSTON IN 1738
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Nathaniel Emmons (1704-1740*)
Born in Boston in 1704 and died there in 1740. This is the earli¬
est known portrait of a native governor painted by a native artist.
Emmons had painted the Governor's nephew, Andrew Oliver, and
also his friend, Samuel Sewall. There are but few portraits by him
that have been preserved, five only, including Governor Belcher
being known today. Emmons occupied a house in Boston that
after his death became the residence of the artist John Smibert.
Nathaniel Emmons is believed to have been the earliest native
born painter in Boston. This portrait has until recently been in
the possession of Governor Belcher's descendants.
RUTH CUNNINGHAM
(17x9-1789)
WIFE OF JAMES OTIS (17X5-1783) PATRIOT AND LAWYER
OF BOSTON
PAINTED IN 1748
Height 37 inches; width z8^ inches
by Robert Feke (7707-77/0)
WILLIAMINA MOORE
(17x7-1809)
PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1746
Married Dr. Phineas Bond of Philadelphia in 1748. Dr. Bond
was a celebrated physician, intimate friend of Franklin and one
of the founders of the University of Pennsylvania. Mrs. John
Cadwalader of Philadelphia was their daughter and Lady Erskine
their granddaughter.
Height 36 inches; width x8 inches
by Robert Feke (770/-77/0)
Robert Feke appeared at Newport, R. I., as a portrait painter
about 17x6. Under a lithographic copy of his own portrait the
date of his birth is given as 1705 and the date of his death as
1750. Feke is supposed to have died in the Barbadoes. He worked
in Boston, New York and Philadelphia. Dr. Alexander Hamilton,
who met Feke at Newport in 1744, says in his "Itinerarium":
' 'This man had exactly the phiz of a painter, having a long pale
face, sharp nose, large eyes with which he looked upon you
steadfastly, long curled black hair, a delicate white hand, and
long fingers."
EBENEZER NEWHALL
(1789-1878)
GRADUATE OF HARVARD IN l8l8
RECTOR AND SCHOLAR
Height x6 inches; width xo inches
by James Frothingham Q1786-1864)
James Frothingham was born in Charlestown, Mass., in 1786
and died there on January 6, 1864. His first painting was done in
connection with the coach bodies built by his father. He had very
meagre instruction in painting until about 1810, when he was the
pupil of Stuart. Frothingham was quite busy for a time in Salem
and Boston but was forced to move to New York City in 18x6,
where he spent most of the time painting until his death. A num¬
ber of his portraits of celebrities are owned by the City of New
York.
MAHLON DICKERSON
(1770-1853)
GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY X815-1817, UNITED STATES SENATOR
1817-1833, SECRETARY OF UNITED STATES NAVY 1834-1838
PAINTED IN 1814
Height 30 inches; width 14 inches
by Robert Fulton (ij6;-i8ij~)
HENRY ECKFORD
(1775-1832.)
FAMOUS NAVAL ARCHITECT
PAINTED IN 1809
Height 60 inches; width 40 inches
by Robert Fulton Qij6j-i8ij)
MARIAN (BEDELL) ECKFORD
(i779-l84°)
HENRIETTA ECKFORD (1808-182.8)
WIFE AND CHILD OF HENRY ECKFORD, NAVAL ARCHITECT
PAINTED IN 1809
Height 60 inches; width 40 inches
by Robert Fulton
Portrait painter and inventor, born in Little Britain (now Ful¬
ton), Lancaster County, Pa., in 1765. He died in New York in
1815. From 1781 to 1785 he painted portraits in Philadelphia. In
1786 he went to England and studied with West several years. In
1794 he lived with Joel Barlow in Paris. From this pcrioa most of
his time was taken up with invention, principally steam naviga¬
tion. These two portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Eckford and child in
this exhibition, are the largest of his works and were painted in
New York in 1809. Twenty-three portraits by Fulton, painted in
this country and in Europe, were mentioned in the Hudson-Fulton
catalogue, published for the Memorial Exhibition at the Metro¬
politan Museum of Art in 1909.
CHESTER HARDING
(1791-1866)
PAINTED IN 18x3
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
Self Portrait
Chester Harding was born in Conway, Mass., September 1,1791,
and after trying other callings in that State and in Western New
York, went to Pittsburgh, Pa., and took up painting. Self-taught,
he soon became a successful portrait painter, both in this country
and in London. Tuckerman, in his "Book of the Artists" says of
him: "On the first of April, 1866, a genuine representative of the
Western artist died in Boston, and his career may be regarded as
the connecting link between the early and the present generation
of American painters."
FRANKLIN PIERCE
(1804-1869)
FOURTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1853-
1857. BRIGADIER-GENERAL IN WAR WITH MEXICO, 1847
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by G. P. A. Healy (1813-1894)
Born in Boston in 1813, and died in Chicago in 1894. Portrait
painter. Studied in Paris from 1836. Went to Chicago about 1858,
where he was given a farm of 50 acres which eventually came into
the city limits, and which he sold for a large price. With his
family he went to Europe and remained long in Rome. His por¬
traits of distinguished people are numerous. He painted many in
Chicago, Washington, and for Louis Philippe. He was an honor¬
ary member of the National Academy of Design.
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS CONWAY
(1789-18x8)
A CELEBRATED TRAGEDIAN
Height xo inches; width 15 inches
by James Herring fijg6-i86j)
James Herring was born in London, England, January ix, 1796.
His father emigrated to the United States and settled in New York
in 1804. The son began by coloring prints and maps, and removed
to Philadelphia, where he entered into the business of coloring
maps, but returned to New York and settled in Chatham Square
as a portrait painter. He died in October, 1867.
THOMAS JOHNSON
(1731-1819)
THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND I777-I779, JUSTICE OF
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT I79I-I793
His son Thomas Jennings Johnson married Charlotte
Hesselius, daughter of the artist who
painted this portrait
PAINTED IN 1768
Height 50 inches; width 40 inches
by John Hesselius (1728-17-78)
John Hesselius was an early artist of Annapolis, Maryland, and
the first teacher of Charles Willson Peale. Few of his works have
been identified, but those that have, prove him to have been an
excellent painter. He was a son of the noted artist Gustavus
Hesselius, who came to this country from Sweden. John Hesselius
was born in Maryland in 1718 and died in 1778.
STEPHEN FOSTER
COMPOSER OF
"OLD FOLKS AT HOME," "OLD KENTUCKY HOME"
"OLD BLACK JOE" AND OTHER FAMOUS
AMERICAN SONGS
(1816—1864)
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Thomas Hicks, N. A. (1823-1890)
Born in Pennsylvania in 1813. Commenced painting portraits
when he was fifteen years of age. Went to Europe in 1845. Return¬
ing in 1849 to this country, he was elected a National Academician
in 1851. He painted the portraits of many distinguished Ameri¬
cans, and died in 1890.
JAMES HALL
(1811-1898)
NOTED NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGIST
PAINTED IN 1856
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Daniel Huntington (1816-1906)
JOHN EDWARDS HOLBROOK
Ci794-i870
ANATOMIST AND NATURALIST
PAINTED IN 1856
Height 2.8 inches; width 2.3 inches
by Daniel Huntington (i8i6-igo6)
HENRY THEODORE TUCKERMAN
(1813-1871)
AUTHOR OF "BOOK OF THE ARTISTS"
PAINTED IN 1866
Height zj inches; width zz inches
by Daniel Huntington (1816-1906)
Daniel Huntington was born in New York in 1816 and died in
1906. He was a pupil of S. F. B. Morse, and went to Europe in
1839. In 1850 he held an exhibition of his works in New York.
He was the third president of the National Academy of Design,
being elected in 1861. From 1879 to 1895 he was President of The
Century Association. During his long and active life he painted
portraits of many distinguished people.
CLARA BARTON
(18x1-1912.)
FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
PAINTED IN 1844
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Henry Inman (1801-1846)
CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN
(1806-1884)
EDITOR, POET AND NOVELIST
PAINTED IN 1841
Height 34 inches; width z~j inches
by Henry Inman (1801-1846)
GEORGE POPE MORRIS
(1801-1864)
POET, AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST
WROTE "WOODMAN SPARE THAT TREE"
AND OTHER POPULAR POEMS
BRIGADIER-GENERAL OF STATE MILITIA
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Henry Inman (1801-1846)
MRS. ELIZABETH OAKES SMITH
AUTHOR AND ARDENT ADVOCATE OF WOMAN'S RIGHTS
(1806-1893)
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Henry Inman Q1801-1846')
Henry Inman was born in Utica, 1801. Opened a studio in Vesey
Street, New York City, in 1813. In 1816, he was elected Vice-
president of the just established National Academy of Design. He
was sent to England in 1844, commissioned to paint portraits of
Wordsworth, Lord Macaulay, and Chalmers the preacher. He was
so successful there that he was invited to remain, but he came
home the following year to New York and died here January 17,
1846.
JAMES LAWRENCE
(1781-1813)
A DISTINGUISHED NAVAL OFFICER IN THE WAR OF l8ll, WHO WAS
MORTALLY WOUNDED IN THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE "CHESA-
PEAKE" AND THE "SHANNON" IN BOSTON HARBOR, WHEN HE
UTTERED THE EXPRESSION "DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP."
PAINTED IN 1807
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by John Wesley Jarvis Qij8o-i8jg)
The painter, John Wesley Jarvis, was born in England, at South
Shields, on the Tyne, in 1780. He was a nephew of the great Meth¬
odist, after whom he was named, and as an infant was left with
his uncle, by his father, when the father emigrated to America,
but the boy was brought here at the age of five years. Jarvis stud¬
ied some with Malbone, but was largely self-taught, and in in¬
structing himself, studied anatomy assiduously. Later, Inman was
his pupil, and he took Inman with him to New Orleans. He painted
many portraits, which Tuckerman observed may be found in manor
houses of the South and Municipal halls of the East. He died in
New York City in 1839.
EDWIN FORREST
(1806-1871)
AMERICAN ACTOR
PAINTED IN 1871
Height 14 inches; width zo inches
by David Johnson {iSi-j-iyoJ)
David Johnson was born in New York, May 10, 1817. He was
chiefly self-taught. He was one of the last survivors of the "Hud¬
son River School" of American landscape painters. He received a
medal at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876. He also
painted portraits, among them one of his friends, the tragedian,
Edwin Forrest, who was a frequent visitor to his New York studio.
He was elected a member of the National Academy of Design in
1861. He died at Walden, Orange County, N. Y., January 30,1908.
JOSEPH WESLEY HARPER
(1830-1896)
PUBLISHER AND MEMBER OF HARPER BROTHERS FROM 18 69 TO
1894, WHERE HE HAD CHARGE OF THE LITERARY DEPARTMENT
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Eastman Johnson (1824-1906)
Eastman Johnson, a native of Maine, where he was born in
1814, began doing portraits in crayon when quite young, and at
twenty-one he was in Washington producing portraits of national
celebrities. He went to Europe ana painted for several years and,
returning, was elected to the National Academy in i860. Among
the portraits he painted were those of John Quincy Adams, Daniel
Webster, Longfellow, Emerson, Presidents Arthur, Cleveland and
Harrison, and William H. Vanderbilt, and the noted canvas in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art entitled "Two Men."
JOHN PECK
(Born 1770)
BOSTON SHIPBUILDER
Height Z5 inches; width 18)^ inches
by John Johnston (1JJ2-1818)
John Johnston was born in Boston in 175Z, and died in 1818. He
was the son of Thomas Johnston, who kept a shop in Brattle
Street, where he sold colors, made charts, painted coats ofarms,
engraved portraits, music plates, etc. John Johnston had military
service in the Revolution, reaching the rank of Major, and was
an original member of the "Cincinnati."
ROBERT JOHNSON
(1677-1735)
LAST PROPRIETARY GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I717-I7I9
FIRST ROYAL GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1715-1735
PAINTED IN 1718
Height 30 inches; width 2.5 inches
by Henrietta Johnston (JDied 1728")
Henrietta Johnston was the earliest artist of South Carolina
and the first woman artist of America, She died in Charleston,
S. C., in 1718. At the present time there are about twenty known
works by her, nearly all being signed and dated. Eighteen of these
are portraits in pastel. Three of the pastels were painted in New
York City in 1715 for Col. Moore, the original owner of this por¬
trait. This oil portrait of Robert Johnson is signed and dated 1718,
which makes it a unique item.
AUGUSTUS FIELDING HAWKINS
(1798-1876)
A BANK PRESIDENT OF LEXINGTON, KY.
Height xrjJi inches; width inches
by Matthew Harris Jouett (^1787-1827)
Matthew Harris Jouett, second son of John and Sallie Robards
Jouett, was born April 11, 1787, in Mercer County, Ky. After
studying with Stuart, he returned to Lexington, Ky., and later
painted portraits at Natchez, Louisville and New Orleans. Jouett
died August 19, 1817. About 350 portraits by him are recorded.
GRACE GREENWOOD
(MRS. SARAH JANE LIPPINCOTT)
(1813-1904)
PAINTED IN WASHINGTON, D. C., IN 1853
Height 15 inches; width 10 inches
by Charles Bird King (.1787-1862)
Charles Bird King was born in Newport, R. I., in 1785. He
studied with Leslie and Allston in London, where he painted
portraits for several years. In 1811, he established himself in
Washington, D. C., where he remained until his death in 1861.
He made a large bequest to the Redwood Library in Newport and
more than one hundred of his paintings are hanging there.
THE ARTIST KRIMMEL
AND HIS FAMILY
portraits painted in germantown, pa., about 18zo
(william dunlap in his "history of the arts," 1834, devotes
several pages to the life and accomplishments of j. l. krimmel)
Height 15 inches; width 19 inches
by John Lewis Krimmel (1787-1821)
John Lewis Krimmel, born in 1787, in Wurtemberg, came to this
country in 1810 to join his brother, who was a merchant of Phila¬
delphia. Disliking trade, he continued the course he had begun in
Germany, and painted small portraits. In i8iz, he exhibited at
the Pennsylvania Academy, a picture of Centre Square, Philadel¬
phia, containing numerous small figures, and painted many other
works of like character, two of which are owned by the Pennsyl¬
vania Academy. He was President of the Society of American
Artists. He was drowned in Wissahickon Creek in i8zi.
JOHN MARSHALL
(1755-1835)
chief justice of the united states supreme court
for 34 years (180i-1835)
painted from life in washington in 183z
Height 35)^ inches; width Z9 inches
the record of the painting of this portrait has been
obtained from j. r. lambdin's diary
In James Re id Lamb din's journal is written the following:
Early in January 183z I again visited Washington to paint a
portrait of Chief Justice Marshall. I had many letters, among them
one to the Hon. Philips Dodridge, member from the Wheeling
District, who was kind enough to call with me on the Chief
Justice. He was boarding with the other members of the Supreme
Bench at Tench Ringolds, near the White House. The venerable
Chief received me with great kindness and courtesy, and cheer¬
fully complied with the request that he should sit to me, but, said
that engaged as he was during the time of court, the only time
that he could give me would be before breakfast. "If," he said,
"you can be here by 7 o'clock in the morning I will sit to you
'till 8." This arrangement was agreed upon. I was punctual and
from time to time had as many sittings as I desired. The portrait
was deemed entirely satisfactory to him and his friends.
Copied from the Journal by Emma C. Lambdin, daughter of
James Reid Lambdin.
Jan'y z, 19zz.
by James R. Lambdin (1807-1889)
James Reid Lambdin, a native of Pittsburgh, was born on May
xo, 1807. He studied under Sully, in Philadelphia, at sixteen, and
two years later was established as an artist in his home city. He
worked later with success in the Southwest, and at the age of
thirty, settled in Philadelphia. He painted many portraits in
Washington, including several of the Presidents, one of Webster
and one of Chief Justice John Marshall. He was an active officer
of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and President of
the Artists' Fund Society there. He died in Philadelphia, January
31, 1889.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
(1804-1864)
DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN NOVELIST
PAINTED IN WASHINGTON, D. C., IN l86z
Height 30 inches; width Z5 inches
In a volume entitled "Yesterdays with Authors" there is the
following reference by James T. Fields to this painting: "Time
went on, the war broke out, and he (Hawthorne) had not the
heart to go on with his new romance. During the month of April,
1861, he made a visit to Washington with his friend Ticknor, to
whom he was greatly attached. While on this visit to the capital
he sat to Leutze for a portrait. He took a special fancy to the art¬
ist, and while he was sitting to him, wrote a long letter to me.
Here is an extract from it:
'I stay here only while Leutze finishes a portrait, which I
think will be the best ever painted of the same unworthy subject.
One charm it must needs have—an aspect of immortal jollity and
well-to-doness; for Leutze, when the sitting begins, gives me a
first-rate cigar, and when he sees me getting tired, he brings out
a bottle of splendid champagne; and we quaffed and smoked yes¬
terday, in a blessed state of mutual good-will, for three hours and
a half, during which the picture made a really miraculous prog¬
ress. Leutze is the best of fellows.'
by Emanuel Leutze Qi8i6-i868~)
Emanuel Leutze, historical painter, was born May 14, 1816, in
Germany. Being obliged to leave there on account of political
opinions, he made Philadelphia his home. His "Western Emigra¬
tion" is conspicuous in the National Capitol and "Washington
Crossing the Delaware" is everywhere familiar through engrav¬
ings. He died July 18, 1868, in Washington, D. C.
MARGARET MARIA LIVINGSTON
(1783-1818)
Height it-24 inches; width 9F2 inches
Margaret Maria Livingston was the daughter of Chancellor
Robert R. and Mary Stevens Livingston. She was born in 1783
and died in 1818. She was said to be very beautiful; Kotzebue,
the German dramatic poet, saw her in Paris with her father and
he speaks of her in his memoirs as the "youngest sister of Venus''
(Livingstons of Livingston Manor, page 483).
by Edward G. Malbone (1777-/^07)
Edward G. Malbone, miniature painter, was born in Newport,
Rhode Island, August, 1777; received some instruction from a
local scene painter, and painted in his sixteenth year a portrait of
considerable merit; established himself in Boston as a miniature
painter when about nineteen, and formed a close friendship with
Washington Allston; afterward opened studios successively in
New York and Philadelphia; in consequence of failing health,
removed with Allston, in the winter of 1800, to Charleston, S. C.,
where some of his best works were produced; accompanied Allston
to London in May, 1801, and while there painted his largest and
most celebrated miniature — "The Hours," now in Providence
Atheneum—a group of three beautiful young girls representing
the Past, the Present, and the Future. On returning to this coun¬
try, Mr. Malbone chose Charleston for his permanent residence,
visiting the North periodically. In 1806, his health still failing,
he sought relief in Jamaica, and finding none, started home, but
died on reaching Savannah, on his way to Newport, May 7, 1807.
He is ranked as the first among miniature painters.
CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN
A NEW YORK EDITOR, AUTHOR AND LAWYER
(1806-1884)
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Edward D. March ant Qi8o6-i88j)
Edward D. Marchant, was born in Edgartown, Massachusetts,
December 16, 1806, and died at Asbury Park, New Jersey, August
15, 1887. He painted portraits in Philadelphia and New York for
many years. He also resided in Nashville, Tennessee. He settled
in Philadelphia in 1845. He first exhibited in 18x9 at the National
Academy of Design; was a member of the Union League Club of
Philadelphia, where several of his portraits are owned. In 1833
he was elected an Associate Member of the National Academy.
ROBERT MONCKTON
(1716-1781)
GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, I761
PAINTED IN 1761
Height 30yi inches; width 14)^ inches
by John Mare
The marriage record of John Mare and Mary Bes in 1738 in New
York appears in the New York Genealogical and Biographical
Society Collection, Vol. I., page 161. It is in a list of marriages in
the Reformed Dutch Church, New York. This is no doubt the
record of the marriage of the parents of the artist, John Marc. As
the artist is mentioned first in his father's will, he was very likely
the oldest child. If he was born the year following their marriage,
he would have been twenty-two years of age when he painted the
portrait of Governor Monckton. The following record of a mort¬
gage on the property of John Mare, Jr., is recorded in the New
York County Mortgages, Liber No. 1, page 503, Hall of Records,
New York:
"Registered and at the request of Mr. Ennis Graham of the
City of New York, this 10th Day of March, Anno Domini 1771.
"Memorandum that on the fourth day of December in the year
of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-one, John
Mare of the City of New York, Portrait Painter, did mortgage to
Ennis Graham of the said city, lot of ground lying and being in
the City of New York in the community called Mulberry Street,
Northerly by land belonging to Obadiah Wells, Easterly by land
the property of John Killman and Southerly by a lot of ground
belonging to Archibald Gatfield."
The land described in the above memorandum was No. 18
Mulberry Street, before 1817. It is called today Lot No. 61. It
was in the Outward of the city of New York in the block, at that
time bounded on the west by Mulberry Street (formerly Catherine
Street) on the north by Cross Street (now Park Street) and on the
east by Mott Street.
John Mare, Senior, who made his will in 1761, devising prop¬
erty in the Outward, gave a mortgage in 1761 on land in this
same block and apparently on the same lot or the one adjoining.
This mortgage is recorded in New York County Mortgages,
Liber No. 1, page 151, Hall of Records, New York. This mort¬
gage was given to Andrew Marcellus, dated December 7, 1761. It
was on Mulberry Street, Lot No. 38 (old number) and is Lot No.
61 today.
By comparing these records it will be seen that the John Mare,
who made his will in 1761, was actually the father of John Mare,
Jr., Limner. This same Mare property is referred to in Stuyvesant
Deeds in 1796 in the conveyance of Lot No. rx on Mott Street.
Lot No. zz is described as adjoining "in the rear Lot No. 39,
lately belonging to John Mare."
This is the fourth portrait and the earliest one by John Mare
thus far identified. The three others were painted in 1766, 1767
and 1768.
ALEXANDER ANDERSON
(>775-1870)
THE FIRST AMERICAN WOOD ENGRAVER. PAINTED IN l8l6
Height z6p£ inches; width zi inches
by Eliab Metcalfe
Eliab Metcalfe was born in Massachusetts in 1785. He was re¬
lated to the famous painter, Chester Harding. Pupil of Samuel L.
Waldoin 1815. He painted successfully well-known people through
the South. From 18x8 to 18Z3, his New York studio was at 15Z
Broadway. He painted the portrait of the artist, Asher B. Dur-
and, now in the New York Historical Society. He died in 1834.
CORALIE LIVINGSTON BARTON
(1806-1873)
WIFE OF THOMAS PENNANT BARTON
OF PHILADELPHIA
PAINTED IN 1833
Height 36 inches; width z8 inches
by Samuel F. B. Morse (ijgi-i8j£)
LEVI LINCOLN
(1749-18Z0)
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER THOMAS JEFFERSON
PAINTED IN l8l6
by Samuel F. B. Morse Qiygi-i8j2)
KATHARINE AUGUSTA RHODES WARE
A NEW ENGLAND POET
O797-1843)
PAINTED IN 18x8
Height 36 inches; width x8 inches
by Samuel F. B. Morse {1791-1872)
Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born in Charlestown, Massa¬
chusetts, in 1791. Morse was a portrait painter as well as inventor
of the telegraph. He lived for many years in New York and died
there. In art he was a pupil of Washington Allston, with whom
he went to London and studied under West. He was one of the
founders of the National Academy of Design and its first Presi¬
dent. He won honors in art also in London. His death occurred
in New York City in 1871.
CHARLES LORING ELLIOTT
(1811-1868)
DISTINGUISHED PAINTER OF PORTRAITS
PAINTED BY HIS FRIEND
Height 2.7 inches; width xx inches
by William S. Mount {1807-1868)
The artist, William S. Mount, was one of the first genre paint¬
ers in America. He was born at Setauket, Long Island, in 1807,
studied at the National Academy, and had a studio in New York
for nearly forty years. He did not exhibit often at the Academy,
his pictures having a very popular market. He died in 1868.
JOHN DAVIS
(1787-1854)
UNITED STATES SENATOR 1835-1841, 1845-1853
GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS 1834-1835, 1841-184!
PAINTED IN WASHINGTON IN 18x9
Height 48 inches; width 36 inches
by John Neagle {1796-186;)
MRS. JOHN DICKSON
AUNT OF THE NOTED ARTIST JOHN NEAGLE
(1783-1836)
PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 183 4
Height 30K inches; width X5% inches
by John Neagle {1796-186;)
THOMAS W. DYOTT
(1771-1861)
PHYSICIAN, BANKER AND MERCHANT OF PHILADELPHIA
PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1836
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by John Neagle (1796-186;*)
ANN C. RUDMAN
(1804-1881)
WIFE OF WILLIAM C. RUDMAN OF PHILADELPHIA
PAINTED IN 1845
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by John Neagle (ij 96-186;)
WILLIAM C. RUDMAN
(182.9-1861)
SOLDIER AND MERCHANT OF PHILADELPHIA
Height 30 inches; width Z5 inches
by John Neagle (^17 96-186J)
WILLIAM RUSH
(1756-1831)
CELEBRATED SCULPTOR OF PHILADELPHIA
PAINTED IN 1831
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by John Neagle {1796-186;*)
JOHN ALBERT RYAN
(1774-1852.)
A NOTED CLERGYMAN AND SCHOLAR
PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 18x9
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by John Neagle (1796-186/)
MISS RYAN
SISTER OF REVEREND JOHN RYAN (1774-1851)
PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1819
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by John Neagle (1796-186}')
John Neagle was born in Boston in 1796 and died in Philadel¬
phia in 1865. He was educated in Philadelphia. In 1818 he set up
tor himself as a portrait painter, removing to Lexington, Ken¬
tucky. After two years in the South he returned to Philadelphia.
His paintings in Philadelphia and elsewhere gave him high rank.
What is thought by many to be the best portrait of Gilbert Stuart
from life was painted by Neagle in Boston in 1815.
JOHN PHILIP DE HAAS
(i735-i786)
MAJOR IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
BRIGADIER-GENERAL IN THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
PAINTED IN 1771
Height 50 inches; width 40 inches
by Charles Willson Peak (1741-1827)
BENJAMIN HARRISON
(1740-1791)
SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA, 1781-1786
PAINTED IN I783
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
TIMOTHY MATLACK
(1736-1819)
PATRIOT AND OFFICER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Height 30yi inches; width 15^" inches
by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
Charles Willson Peale, a Marylander, born in Queen Anne's
County, April 15, 1741, consulted Copley in his early studies of
art, went to London in 1768, and spent two years in West's home,
and returning, established himself in Philadelphia. He joined the
Continental Army, and was present as an officer at the battles of
Trenton and Germantown. Two years after he returned from Eng¬
land he painted his first portrait of Washington. It was painted
at Mount Vernon in 177Z, and is the earliest portrait of Washing¬
ton in existence. He painted fourteen portraits of Washington
from life, according to his son, Rembrandt. Charles Willson Peale
died in Philadelphia, February zz, 18Z7.
GENERAL MORDECAI GIST
(i743-i79z)
DISTINGUISHED REVOLUTIONARY OFFICER, BRIGADIER-GENERAL
IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY IN 1779
Height 1134 inches; width 9^ inches
by James Peale {1749-1831)
James Peale, younger brother of Charles Willson Peale, was
born in Chestertown, Maryland, in 1749. He died in Philadelphia
in 1831. Although best known as a miniaturist, Peale painted a
number of fine portraits in oil, of which this is a very good exam¬
ple. Peale was appointed Ensign of Col. Smallwood's Maryland
Regiment on the same day, January 14, 1776, that Mordecai Gist
was commissioned Major of this regiment. Both artist and sitter
were founders of the Society of Cincinnati of Maryland.
PETER B. PORTER
(1773-1844)
SECRETARY OF WAR UNDER JOHN Q. ADAMS AND
GENERAL IN WAR OF l8lZ
PAINTED IN l8z8
Height 30 inches; width Z5 inches
by Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860)
RICHARDSON STUART
A MANUFACTURER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
(1748-18ZZ)
Height zo inches; width 15 inches
by Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860)
GEORGE WASHINGTON
(1732.-1799)
COPY OF ROBERT EDGE PINE'S MILITARY PORTRAIT
FROM REMBRANDT PEALE's SALE IN l86x
Height 30^ inches; width 2.^ inches
by Rembrandt Peak {1778-1860)
GEORGE WASHINGTON
(I732-~I799)
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
Originally owned by Chancellor De Saussure. First portrait of
Washington by Rembrandt Peale, painted from life in 1795 by the
artist in his seventeenth year.
Washington, during his second term as President of the United
States, gave the young artist, Rembrandt Peale, three early morn¬
ing sittings in September, 1795, in Philadelphia. When this first
icture was finished, the artist took it to Charleston, S. C., where
e painted ten replicas from it. This original was sold by the
artist to Chancellor De Saussure, of South Carolina, who was a
personal friend of Washington. It hung in the De Saussure man¬
sion in South Carolina for eighty years. By inheritance it came
to John De Saussure, the Chancellor's son. After its exhibition in
Philadelphia in 1876, the portrait passed from the De Saussure
ownership to that of the late George L. Sanderson, of Antes Fort,
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Mr. Sanderson died in 1907,
and this painting came into the possession of his daughter, Mrs.
Emily Sanderson Cotter. In recent years, this portrait had been
loaned to the library at Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
by Rembrandt Peale {1778-1860)
Rembrandt Peale, the son of Charles Willson Peale, was born
in Pennsylvania, in 1778. At the age of seventeen, he painted his
original portrait of Washington, who gave him three sittings.
Later he went to England and studied under Benjamin West, and
after his return, he painted portraits in New York, Philadelphia
and the South. He made various subsequent trips to Europe, and
was President of the American Academy, in succession to Trum¬
bull. He died in Philadelphia in i860.
JOHN CUSHING
(1695-1778)
JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS,
1747 TO I77I
Height 14^ inches; width 12 inches
by Henry Pelham (1749-1806)
Henry Pelham was born in Boston in 1749, and was accidentally
drowned in Ireland in 1806. He was the son of Peter Pelham and
his third wife Mary Singleton Copley. He was the half brother
and pupil of John Singleton Copley. Pelham was the draughtsman
of Paul Revere's celebrated Print of the Boston Massacre.
JOHN SMIBERT
(1688-1751)
PORTRAIT PAINTER
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Peter Pelham (1684-ijji)
Peter Pelham, born in England, about 1684. Came to Boston
with his wife and family in 1716. In 1734, he married his second
wife, and a child was born in Newport. In 1748, he married the
widow of Richard Copley, whose son, John Singleton Copley,
then eleven years of age, was destined to become celebrated as a
portrait painter, and must have acquired the rudiments of art
from his stepfather. In the Antiquarian Society at Worcester, is
the portrait painted by Peter Pelham of the Rev. Increase Mather,
who died in 1718. He painted other portraits that are known, and
was the earliest engraver in America. His works in mezzotint are
highly esteemed, a number of which are engraved from portraits
by Smibert. He was buried in Boston, December 14, 1751.
GEN. WILLIAM SMALL WOOD
(1731-1792.)
MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND (1785-1788)
PAINTED IN 1788
Height 19yi inches; width 2.4 inches
by Robert Edge Pine Qij}o~ij88~)
The portraitist, Pine, who was born in London in 1730 (or
1741?), came to America in 1783, with the idea of painting the
heroes of the Revolution. He made his home in Philadelphia, at
High and Sixth Streets. Later, Robert Morris, who became his
patron, built a house for him at Eighth Street. He painted many-
portraits in Virginia, and at Annapolis made a family group, in
full-length, of the family of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. In
1785, he painted a portrait of President Washington. He died in
Philadelphia, November 19, 1788.
JOHN COCHRAN
(1730-1807)
DR. JOHN COCHRAN, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF MILITARY HOSPITALS
DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
PAINTED IN I772.
Height 50 inches; width 40 inches
In 1760 he married Gertrude Schuyler, only sister of Gen. Philip
Schuyler, and widow of Peter Schuyler. Her mother was Cornelia
Van Cortlandt, sister of Anne Van Cortlandt, wife of Stephen
De Lancey.
In 1776 he volunteered his services in the hospital department
and was recommended personally by Washington, who had known
him during the French War. Early in 1777 he was appointed Chief
Physician and Surgeon-General of the Army, and in 1781 was pro¬
moted by Congress Director General of Military Hospitals of the
United States, which office he held to the end of the war. Through¬
out his life he was an intimate friend of Washington.
by Matthew Pratt (1734-180;*)
This artist was born in Philadelphia, September 13, 1734, the
son of Henry Pratt, goldsmith, a friend of Doctor Franklin and
one of his famous Junto. His mother's brother, James Claypoole,
"limner and painter in general," gave his nephew the first in¬
struction he received in art, from whom, to use Pratt's language,
"I learned all the different branches of the painting business, par¬
ticularly portrait painting which was my favorite study from ten
years of age." His earliest work that we know is the portrait of
his father's friend, Franklin, painted circa 1756, now in the Manor
House collection at Yonkers, New York, which is also the earliest
portrait of the philosopher known. In the summer of 1764, Pratt
sailed for London, having under his protection his kinswoman,
the fiancee of Benjamin West, who a few months later Pratt gave
in marriage to the future President of the Royal Academy of Arts
in London. For two and a half years Pratt lived in the household
of West and was West's first student. It was during this period
that he painted the picture of "The American School"—West's
painting-room, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York, and the portraits of West and Mrs. West in the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
Matthew Pratt died January 9, 1805, and is buried in Christ
Church burying-ground at Fifth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia.
He was the father of Henry Pratt, who built the mansion house
at Lemon Hill, and also the famous "Yellow Mansion" that stood
at Broad and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, for so many years.
He was the progenitor of many families of prominence in that city.
THE RETURN OF RIP VAN WINKLE
This picture was exhibited at the National Academy of Design,
New York, 1839.
Height 40 inches; width 50 inches
"In the midst of his bewilderment, the man in the cocked hat
demanded who he was, and what was his name; 'God knows,'
exclaimed he at his wits end. 'I'm not myself, I'm somebody else,
that's me yonder. No that's somebody else got into my shoes. I
was myself last night, but I fell asleep in the mountains, and they've
changed my gun, and everything; I'm changed, and I can't tell
what's my name, nor who I am.' " (Irving's Sketch Book, Vol.
1, page 78.)
by John Quidor Q1801-1881)
John Quidor was born at Tappan, Orange County, New York,
January 2.6, 1801, and died in Jersey City, December 13, 1881. He
and Henry Inman were fellow pupils of Jarvis. Quidor's work
seems to be rather of a humorous character, and most of his sub¬
jects are from writings of Washington Irving. Quidor is mentioned
in the New Y ork Directories from 1818 to 1835 as a portrait painter,
and, after, as an artist. His exhibits at the National Academy of
Design were from 1818 to 1839.
RICHARD BELL1NGHAM
(15 91-1672.)
GOVERNOR OR MASSACHUSETTS
1641-165 6—x 65 5-1672.
EARLIEST KNOWN PORTRAIT PAINTED IN THIS COUNTRY
BOSTON, 1641
Height inches; width 19 inches
by William Read (_i6oj-i6jg)
The portrait is signed:
Govr. R. Bellingham, Effiegies
Delin. Boston Anno. Dom. 1641
Aitatis 49, W. R.
In the search for the name of an artist whose initials are W. R.,
capable of doing artistic work, it has been discovered that the
name of William Read of Boston is mentioned in the "Minutes
of the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony." At Vol.
IV., Page 145, May 3, 1665, we find:
This Court doeth order and appoint Capt. Edward Johnson and
Mr. William Stephens to draw up a mapp of this colony, which
they are to do with the greatest care, to call in and make use of
what artists they shall judge needful; the charge whereof is to be
defrayed by the County Treasurer.
That Read was the artist selected appears from the following:
PagcJ55. Junc 1, 1665:
This Court having employed Mr. William Read of Boston to¬
gether with some other gentlemen of the Court to draw an exact
mapp of his Majestie's Colonie of the Massachusetts, which ac¬
cordingly he hath effected, in consideration whereof, this Court
doeth order the County Treasurer to pay to the said Mr. Read the
sum of ten pounds in the best pay that is in his hands, upon the
delivery of one draught more than he hath already given unto this
Court.
Of the various William Reads in the Colony at that time; Wil¬
liam Read of Woburn was illiterate, William Read of Weymouth
was a farmer, another William Read was a sea captain; this leaves
only one other who could possibly be considered;
William Read of Batcombe, England, who came over in 1635
and settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts. In 1636 he was elected
Deputy to the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colonie,
a rather important office for a man only 19 years of age; but it
brought him in touch with Richard Bellingham who was a mem¬
ber of the same Court from the year of his arrival till his death in
1671, and who had large real estate holdings in Weymouth. This
acquaintance was strengthened by both being members together
in the First Church of Boston for 2.6 years.
William Read lived in Weymouth 'till 1646, then in Boston
'till 1674, and died at or near Norwich, Connecticut, 1679.
Richard Bellingham was elected Governor of the Massachusetts
Bay Colonie, 1641, the year his portrait was painted as appears
lettered on the back of the canvas, which fortunately has never
been relined.
painted from life in new york city and philadelphia
between 1789 and 1796
*George Washington Parke Custis . . . 1781-1857
THE WASHINGTON FAMILY
George Washington. . .
Mrs. George Washington
1731-1799
1731-1802.
*Eleanor Parke Custis . . .
"Billy" Lee, a colored servant
1779-1851
Height 84 inches; width 1x1 inches
Painted by Edward Savage (1761-1817)
Among the Washington papers in the Department of State at
the national capital is this letter.
On June 3, 1798, Savage writes to Washington from "No. 70
South 4th Street, Philadelphia:"
Agreeable to Col. Biddle's order, I delivered four of the
best impressions of your Family Print. They are chosen out
of the first that was printed. Perhaps you may think that
they are too dark, but they will change lighter after hang¬
ing two or three months. * * * The likenesses of the young
people are not much like what they are at present. The Cop¬
per-plate was begun and half finished from the likenesses
which I painted in New York in the year 1789. I could not
make the alterations in the copper to make it like the paint¬
ing which I finished in Philadelphia in the year 1796. The
portraits of yourself and Mrs. Washington are generally
thought to be likenesses. * * * In consequence of its suc¬
cess and being generally approved of, I continued the sub¬
scription. * * * As soon as I have one printed in colours I
shall take the liberty to send it to Mrs. Washington for her
acceptance. I think she will like it better than a plain print.
Mrs. Savage joins me in respectful compliments to Mrs.
Washington."
To this letter from Savage, Washington replied:
Mt. Vernon, 17th June, 98.
Mr. Ed. Savage
Sir,—I have been favored with your letter of the 3rd in¬
stant and pray you to receive my thanks for your attention
in chusing the prints which you sent to Col. Biddle for my
use. As Mrs. Washington also does for your politeness in
presenting her one in colours. We are pleased to hear that
the undertaking has succeeded so well. Col. Biddle I pre¬
sume has paid you for the first four, being so directed.
Mrs. Washington offers her compts to you and Mrs.
Savage.
I am your Obdt Servt
Go. Washington
Rembrandt Peale in his lecture on Washington Portraits, refer¬
ring to The Washington Family picture, by Edward Savage, stated
that Washington gave sittings for it in Philadelphia.
A letter to the late S. P. Avery, Jr., from Moses Kimball, of
Boston, in 1891, stated that The Washington Family had been in
his possession more than fifty years, and came to him in the col¬
lection of the New England Museum that he purchased, and
which he understood came direct from Savage.
Another letter, of November, iSgx, from the late Charles H.
Savage, a grandson of the artist, confirms the dates given by Moses
Kimball in 1891.
The Washington Family (84 inches x in inches) by Savage
was purchased in 1891 from its owner, Moses Kimball, of Boston,
by Mr. Avery and sold soon after to the late William F. Havc-
meycr of New York City.
ENGRAVED BY THE ARTIST, I798
The Washington Family group was engraved by Edward Savage
himself and published March 10, 1798.
It is interesting to note that in Martha Washington's will,
dated March 4, i8oz, she made a special bequest to her grand¬
daughter, Eleanor Parke Lewis, nee Custis, of "a print of the
Washington Family." Upon the back of another engraving of the
Family portrait is this inscription, "Presented to Mrs. Elizabeth
Washington by George Washington Parke Custis, July 4, i8oz."
The popularity and sale of the artist's engraving of his "Wash¬
ington Family" were so great that a half-dozen publishing estab¬
lishments in the United States produced copies with variations
in black and white mezzotint, aquatint and stipple, while litho¬
graphs in bright tints were printed later and sold, which bore but
slight resemblance to the original composition and never dupli¬
cated the colors employed in the oil painting by the artist.
by Edward Savage (ij6i-i8ij)
Edward Savage was born in Princeton, Worcester County, Mas¬
sachusetts, November z6,1761, and died there July 6,1817. Savage
was originally a goldsmith, a trade that has graduated not a few
engravers. He could not, however, have followed it for any great
length of time, as he was only twenty-eight when he left Massa¬
chusetts for New York, with a letter from President Willard of
Harvard to Washington, November 7, 1789, requesting him to
sit for his portrait for the University, where it hangs today. In
1791 Savage went to London and studied under Benjamin West.
He returned to the United States in 1794 and was married in Bos¬
ton on October 13, of the same year. Soon after he settled in Phila¬
delphia and in July of 1795, he exhibited the first panorama ever
shown in that city. It represented London and Westminster. It
was about this time that Savage joined forces with Daniel Bowen
in the New York Museum, which in 1795 was taken to Boston
and opened as the Columbian Museum. The museum with a por¬
tion of its contents was burned in 1803. In 1806 Bowen and W.
M. S. Doyle erected the Museum Building in Tremont Street,
which the next year was destroyed by fire, rebuilt, and kept up
until 18Z5, when the Columbian Museum passed to the New Eng¬
land Museum. In 1840 it was purchased by Moses Kimball, who
maintained it as the Boston Museum for more than half a century.
To the gallery of this museum the heirs of Savage contributed
several important American paintings and portraits, including
The Washington Family.
STEPHEN DELANCEY
(1663-1741)
PAINTED IN I734
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
He was the original owner of Fraunces Tavern, New York City.
Trinity Church received its first tower clock from him, and New
York City's first fire engine was the joint gift of himself and his
artner. A prominent merchant, was active in public affairs, and
ecame a social leader.
by John Smibert {1688-17;;)
ALEXANDER GARDEN
(1685-1756)
AUTHOR AND RECTOR
PAINTED IN I734
Height 19 inches; width 2.4 inches
by John Smibert {1688-17ji)
GOVERNOR WILLIAM SHIRLEY
(1693-1771)
COLONIAL GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS
I74I_I745_I753
Height 30 inches; width 25 inches
by John Smibert (1688-17; 1)
SUSANNAH DELANCEY WARREN
(Died 1771)
LADY WARREN WAS THE DAUGHTER OF STEPHEN AND
ANNE VAN CORTLANDT DE LANCEY. MARRIED
SIR PETER WARREN IN 1731
PAINTED IN 1746
Height 36 inches; width 28 inches
by John Smibert {1688-17; -0
Smibert was a Scottish painter, born in Edinburgh, in 1688,
who joined Bishop Berkeley in the dream of founding a universal
college in the Bermudas, and arrived at Newport, Rhode Island,
in 1729. The dream collapsing, he settled in Boston, taking there
with him many copies he had made of European old masters,
which, with his other works, had an influence on Allston, which
Allston acknowledged. He probably also had an influence on
Copley, who was fourteen when Smibcrt died. It has been said of
Smibert, "The best portraits we have of eminent magistrates and
divines of New England and New York who lived between 1719
and 1751 are from his pencil." Smibert died in Boston, in 1751.
FRANCES LUDLUM MORRIS
(1766-1851)
wife of robert morris of fordham, new york
painted in 1838
Height 36 inches; width 19 inches
by Frederick R. Spencer Qi8o6~i8jj')
Frederick R. Spencer was born in the town of Lenox, Madison
County, New York, on the 7th of June, 1806. His parents were
from the New England States: His father, General Ichabod S.
Spencer, from Massachusetts, and his mother from Connecticut.
Mr. Spencer experienced the usual boy's inclination for imitating
prints, and at the age of fifteen, being with his father in Albany,
saw, for the first time, a gallery of portraits. In 1815, he came to
New York to study, where he drew from the casts of the American
Academy, and had the favor of the President, and his instruction
in the methods he was to pursue. The young painter returned
home and painted at his fattier's house, but in 1817 commenced
professionally at a village in the neighborhood. He painted in
Utica, but finally made New York his headquarters where he
continued painting.
JAN STRYCKER
(1617-1697)
magistrate prominent in the early life of
new amsterdam
painted in 1655 by his artist brother
jacobus gerritsen strycker
who died in 1687
Height 11^4 inches; width inches
The portrait is signed on the front: AE TATIS 38
1655
On the back of the canvas is written: Given to Altje by her
father Jacobus Gerritsen Strycker, who himself drew this likeness
of his brother Jan.
(Signed) J. C. Van Voorhees
"Johannes Coerte Van Voorhees was Altje Strycker's nephew.
He was born in 1686 and died in 1757. He inherited the portrait
and it has been in the Strycker family for seven generations,"
until 1913.
by Jacobus Gerritsen Strycker
ADRIAN VAN DER DONCK
(1618-1655)
THE FOUNDER OF YONKERS, N. Y.
PAINTED ABOUT 165 4
Height 2.3 inches; width 18 inches
by Jacobus Gerritsen Strycker (/tftf7)
Jacobus Gerritsen Strycker, farmer, trader, magistrate and
"limner," was born at Ruinen, province of Drenthe, in the Neth¬
erlands. His wife was Ytie Huybrechts, possibly related to the
lady of the same surname, whose daughter at about the same time
married Titus van Rijn, the son of a greater "limner,'' Rembrandt.
Strycker came to Netherland in 1651, a gentleman of considerable
means and decided culture, and after a successful career, died in
October, 1687. We know much of his office holding—he was
Burgher in 1653 and afterwards he was Alderman of New Am¬
sterdam, Attorney General and Sheriff of the Dutch towns on
Long Island up to August 1673. Very little of his work as an art¬
ist is known. Four of his portraits have been identified. He left a
son, Gerrit, who became Sheriff of King's County in 1688, and a
brother, Jan, who also left descendants. The portrait in the present
exhibition had been in the Strycker family for seven generations.
PORTRAITS PAINTED IN AMERICA
By Gilbert Stuart
(1794-182.6)
JOSEPH ANTHONY
(r73 8-1:798)
PROMINENT MERCHANT OF PHILADELPHIA. UNCLE
AND BENEFACTOR OF GILBERT STUART
THE ORIGINAL PORTRAIT PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN I794
Height 36 inches; width x8 inches
by Gilbert Stuart (j-j]j-i8z8~)
A letter written in New York, November i, 1794, by Gilbert
Stuart to his uncle, Joseph Anthony, in Philadelphia, alludes to
the portrait shown in this exhibition as follows: ' 'The object of
my journey is only to secure a picture of the President and finish
yours." This canvas had remained in the possession of Joseph
Anthony's descendants in Philadelphia until 19x3. In later years,
Stuart painted the portraits of Joseph Anthony, Jr. and Joseph
Anthony, 3d.
JOHN BAPTISTA ASHE
(1748-1801)
COLONEL IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
MEMBER OF CONGRESS, I789-I793
ELECTED GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA, l8oi
PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA CIRCA 180O
Height 36 inches; width i8 inches
by Gilbert Stuart {1777-1828)
WILLIAM CONSTABLE
(1751-1803)
PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN I796
FRIEND OF WASHINGTON, HAMILTON, JAY AND LAFAYETTE
PARTNER OF GOUVERNEUR MORRIS
Height 19L4 inches; width 14 inches
by Gilbert Stuart {1777-1828)
JOSEPH COOLIDGE
(1773-1840)
PAINTED IN BOSTON IN l8lO
Height 18 inches; width 11 yi inches
A WELL-KNOWN MERCHANT OF BOSTON
by Gilbert Stuart {1777-1828)
MATILDA CAROLINE CRUGER
(1776-1811)
PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN I793
Height 36)^ inches; width i8J^ inches
She first married Lawrence Reid Yates in 1795. Her second alli¬
ance was with Judge Henry Walton in 1800.
by Gilbert Stuart {1777-1828)
MRS. ANDREW DEXTER
(1787-1819)
PAINTED IN BOSTON IN 1808
Height Z9X inches; width 2.3^ inches
Born Charlotte Morton, a daughter of Mrs, Perez Morton,
whose portrait was painted several times by Stuart. She married
Andrew Dexter, of Boston, in 1808. Mr. Dexter went South and
founded the city of Montgomery, Alabama. She joined him there,
and died in 1819 and was buried in the cemetery of that city.
by Gilbert Stuart Qijj;-i828*)
"COUNSELLOR" JOHN DUNN
NOTED LINGUIST AND LAWYER
PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1798
Height 2.9 inches; width Z4 inches
by Gilbert Stuart Q17JJ-1828)
A member of the Irish Parliament, Borough of Randalstown,
County Antrim, from 1783 to 1797. He came to the United States,
says Mason, partly, perhaps wholly, to study the Indian language,
and remained here approximately three years.
This portrait and a portrait of Washington, Athenaeum type,
were taken back to England by Counsellor Dunn, where they re¬
mained in his family until 1909, when they were both brought
back to this country, where they are at present.
CYRUS GRIFFIN
(1749-1810)
MEMBER OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1778 TO 1781 AND
MADE ITS LAST PRESIDENT IN 1788
PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY CIRCA I794
Height 17 inches; width 14 inches
by Gilbert Stuart (17;/-1828)
JAMES LLOYD
(17x8-1810)
PAINTED IN BOSTON CIRCA 1808
Height 30 inches; width X5 inches
Mason, in his "Life of Stuart," says of Dr. Lloyd that he stood
at the head of the medical profession in Boston in his time.
by Gilbert Stuart (ijjj-1828^)
GEORGE POLLOCK
(1761-1810)
PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN I793
Height 36 inches; width i8>£ inches
George was the brother of Ann Elizabeth Pollock, later the
wife of Doctor William Hartigan, of Dublin, Ireland. He married
Catherine Yates, daughter of Richard Yates, his business partner
in New York City, in 1787. He was a member of the Chamber of
Commerce. Both Dunlap and Tuckerman refer to the portraits of
the Pollock and Yates families by Gilbert Stuart which are now
for the first time publicly exhibited. Gilbert Stuart himself, writ¬
ing on November 1, 1794, to his uncle, Joseph Anthony, in Phila¬
delphia, thus expresses his obligations to the Pollock family of
Ireland and the United States: "To their house I am indebted for
more civilities than to the world beside."
by Gilbert Stuart Qijjj-1828')
MRS. GEORGE POLLOCK
PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN I793
Height 36 inches; width 18 inches
Born Catherine Yates, daughter of Richard Yates, Married
George Pollock in 1787, and died October 31, 1805.
by Gilbert Stuart (^ijfj-1828^)
MRS. WILLIAM ROBINSON
(ANNE CALVERT STUART)
A RELATIVE OF MARTHA WASHINGTON
PAINTED IN BOSTON CIRCA l8lZ
Height x8J<4 inches; width inches
by Gilbert Stuart (iy^-1828)
EDWARD STOW
(1768-1847)
PAINTED IN BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY, IN 1803
Height inches; width 13y& inches
Born in the city of New York. He was the intimate friend and
correspondent of Gilbert Stuart and the artist visited him in his
Boston and other homes.
by Gilbert Stuart Qiyfj-1828^)
WILLIAM THORNTON
(1761-1816)
PAINTED IN WASHINGTON, D. C., IN 1804
Architect of the first Capitol at Washington, D. C., and designer
of the Octagon House there.
Height 18^ inches; width 14X inches
by Gilbert Stuart (ij}}-i8z8)
MRS. WILLIAM THORNTON
(1775-1865)
PAINTED IN WASHINGTON, D. C., IN 1804
WIFE OF THE NOTED ARCHITECT OF WASHINGTON, D. C.
Height 18pi inches; width 14)^ inches
by Gilbert Stuart Qijjj-1828^)
STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER
(1765-1839)
PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1794
Height 36 inches; width 18 inches
Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1795, Major General
Militia 1801. He married Margaret Schuyler, the daughter of
General Philip Schuyler, in 1783.
by Gilbert Stuart Q17J7-1828)
LAWRENCE REID YATES
PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1793
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
Was in business with his brother, Richard Yates, in Duke Street,
New York, until 1796. He was a member of St. George's Society
in 1786. Married Miss Matilda Caroline Cruger in 1795 • Died in
1796, and was buried in Trinity churchyard this city.
by Gilbert Stuart {1777-1828)
RICHARD YATES
(1731-1808)
PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN I793
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
Richard Yates was the senior member of the mercantile firm of
Yates & Pollock, 97 Front Street, New York. His younger brother
was Lawrence Reid Yates and his daughter, Catherine, became
the wife of George Pollock, his partner.
by Gilbert Stuart (ijjj-1828*)
MRS. RICHARD YATES
(Born 1736)
PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN I793
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
Born Catherine Brass, married Richard Yates, December 5, 1757.
She became the wife of the senior member of the firm of Yates &
Pollock, New York.
by Gilbert Stuart Qijjy-1828')
GEORGE WASHINGTON
(173 2-—1799)
This first painting of Washington from life by Stuart in Phila¬
delphia in 1795 is known as the Vaughan portrait and was taken
to England in that year and engraved by Holloway and published
there in 1796. It was purchased from the Vaughan family in 1851
by Joseph Harrison of Philadelphia and brought back to this
country by him, remaining in the Harrison family until 1911.
Height inches; width 13^ inches
by Gilbert Stuart Qijjj-1828*)
Gilbert Stuart, a Rhode Islander, was born in 1755, and went to
Scotland at sixteen, but his instructor, Cosmo Hamilton, dying,
the American artist had to work his way home. He went back to
London before he was twenty, however, and studied under Ben¬
jamin West, living at the English capital for thirteen years, and
then for five years in Dublin. In 1793-1794, he lived in New York,
then in Philadelphia for eight years, and in Washington for three
years. From 1806 until his death, Boston was his home. He died
there in 1818.
PORTRAITS PAINTED IN EUROPE
by Gilbert Stuart
FROM
1779 TO 1790
LIEUTENANT ROBERT CALDER
(1745-1818)
PAINTED IN LONDON CIRCA 1779
MADE BARONET IN I798—ADMIRAL IN BRITISH NAVY IN l8lO
Height 36 inches; width x8 inches
by Gilbert Stuart (_ijjj-i828~)
SIR FRANCIS N. P. CONYNGHAM
(1766-1832.)
PAINTED IN DUBLIN CIRCA I79O
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF LOWER CANADA FROM 182.2. TO 18x8
Height 30 inches; width X5 inches
by Gilbert Stuart (^ijjj-1828)
JAMES MASSY DAWSON
(1736-1790)
FROM BALLINACOURTE, IRELAND
PAINTED IN DUBLIN CIRCA 1788
Height x8Lf inches; width X3inches
by Gilbert Stuart Qijyj-1828')
SIR JOHN DICK
(1719-1804)
PAINTED IN LONDON IN I78X
Sir John Dick received the order of the Knight of St. Anne of
Russia while British Consul at Leghorn, Italy.
by Gilbert Stuart (^ijyy-1828')
DR. WILLIAM HARTIGAN
(1756-1811)
PAINTED IN DUBLIN CIRCA I79O
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
A noted Surgeon and member of the Faculty of Trinity College,
Dublin.
by Gilbert Stuart {ijjj-1828)
BETSEY HARTIGAN
PAINTED IN DUBLIN CIRCA I79O
Height 30inches; width 15inches
Born Ann Elizabeth Pollock in 1758. Married Dr. William
Hartigan of Dublin. Through her brothers, George Pollock and
Carlisle Pollock, Gilbert Stuart met the distinguished sitters that
he painted after he returned to New York in 1793. Among these
were John Jay, Stephen Van Rensselaer, J. J. Astor, Matthew
Clarkson, William Bayard, Colonel Giles, William Constable,
Miss Cruger and the Yates and Pollock families.
by Gilbert Stuart (/7//-/<?2<?)
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS
(172.3-1791)
FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGLAND
PAINTED IN LONDON IN 1784
Height 36 inches; width 30 inches
by Gilbert Stuart (3-1828)
ROBERT THEW
THE ENGLISH ENGRAVER
(1758-1801)
Height 36 inches; width 18 inches
by Gilbert Stuart (ij;j-i828~)
LUKE WHITE
(1740-1814)
OF KILLAKEE, IRELAND. PAINTED IN DUBLIN IN I79O
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Gilbert Stuart {1733-1828)
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
(1767-1848)
SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 18Z5-182.9
PAINTED FROM LIFE IN WASHINGTON, D. C., IN 18x4
Height 1.^/2 inches; width xo inches
by Thomas Sully (1783-1872)
THOMAS ALSTON
(1801-1833)
OF SOUTH CAROLINA
PAINTED IN 18x6
Height 30X inches; width X5X inches
by Thomas Sully (1783-1872)
MAJOR THOMAS BIDDLE
(1790-1831)
OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, COMMISSIONED IN 1814
Height 36 inches; width x8 inches
by Thomas Sully (1783-1872)
DOCTOR WILLIAM GIBSON
A NOTED AMERICAN SURGEON, SOLDIER AND WRITER
OF PHILADELPHIA
(1788-1868)
PAINTED IN 18XO
Height 17yi inches; width 14 inches
by Thomas Sully (1783-1872)
JULIANNA HAZELHURST
(180X-1876)
MARRIED REV. CALEB J. GOOD, EPISCOPAL MINISTER
OF WEST CHESTER, PA.
Height 30 inches; width X5 inches
by Thomas Sully (1783-1872)
FRANCIS HOPKINSON
(1796-1870)
a grandson of the signer of the declaration of independence
and son of the composer of "hail columbia"
painted in philadelphia in 1834
Height io inches; width 16 inches
by Thomas Sully (1783-1872')
ANN BIDDLE HOPKINSON
(1800-1863)
wife of francis hopkinson and
daughter of charles biddle
painted in philadelphia in 183 4
by Thomas Sully (1783-1872)
JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE
(1757-1813)
as richard iii
painted in 1867 after portrait by gilbert stuart
as an actor he excelled in the highest order of tragedy
Height ii inches; width 16 inches
by Thomas Sully (1783-1872)
ABRAHAM KINTZING
(1763-1835)
merchant of philadelphia. painted in 18l5
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Thomas Sully (1783-1872)
ROBERT WALSH
(1785—185 8)
journalist and editor of philadelphia. painted in 1814
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Thomas Sully (1783-1872)
Thomas Sully was born in England in 1783, and came to this
country when a youth with his parents. The family settled at
Charleston, South Carolina. Sully established himself in Phila¬
delphia, as an artist, at the age of twenty-five. After a short resi-
dencc in New York and Boston, and after having received while
in Boston in 1807 some instruction from Gilbert Stuart, he went
to London in 1809 and studied for two years under Benjamin West,
returning to New York, but making Philadelphia the home of his
later years. He died there in 1871.
JOSIAS ALLSTON
(1731-1776)
UNCLE OF THE ARTIST, WASHINGTON ALLSTON
A NOTED PLANTER OF GEORGETOWN, S. C.
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Jeremiah Theus (2779-/774)
JOHANN DE KALB
(1711-1780)
MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
I777-I780
PAINTED IN 1768
Height 2.8^ inches; width 2.4 inches
by Jeremiah Theus (27/9-/774)
ISAAC MOTTE
(1738-1795)
OFFICER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
MEMBER OF STATE CONVENTION THAT RATIFIED
THE U. S. CONSTITUTION
APPOINTED BY WASHINGTON, NAVAL COMMANDER OF
THE PORT OF CHARLESTON, S. C.
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by Jeremiah Theus (27/9-/774)
Jeremiah Theus, although well known in his day, and likened
to Copley, owing to the manner of his painting in some of his
portraits, has since then been little known or heard of until very
recent years, when his works have been coming to light again,
and only too often have been attributed to Copley. He was born
in Switzerland, and came to this country in 1739. In the following
year, he was established in a studio, and painting portraits at
Charleston, South Carolina. He remained in America until his
death, May 18, 1774.
WILLIAM ROGERS
(1761-1817)
PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1804
A prominent shipping merchant of New York. He married, in
1801, Mrs. Anne Cruger, daughter of Peter Markoc. The William
Rogers country estate was located at West xoxnd Street and his
city residence was 57 Wall Street.
Height iol/2 inches; width 15 inches
by John Trumbull (_ij; 6-1843)
Colonel John Trumbull—he attained the rank in the service un¬
der Washington, whose forces he joined before he was twenty,
and he bore the title to the last—was born in Lebanon, Connect¬
icut, June 6, 1756. He was a son of the Governor of that State,
"Brother Jonathan" Trumbull. Washington utilized Trumbull's
ability in draughtsmanship in the making of topographical draw¬
ings of the British works about Boston. Trumbull was educated
at Harvard. After the Revolution, he went to London to study
art under West, was arrested and jailed in retaliation for the exe¬
cution of Major Andr6, and was released only upon the surety of
West and Copley. He came home, but returned to West's studio
in 1784, coming back in 1789 to New York, but spending the years
from 1794 to 1804 and from 1808 to 1816 abroad. He preceded
Rembrandt Peale in the Presidency of the American Academy. He
died in New York, November 10, 1843.
ZACHARIAH SCHOONMAKER
(1784-1818)
LAWYER OP KINGSTON, N. Y.
LIEUTENANT IN WAR OF l8lL
PAINTED IN 18l6
Height 2.6)4 inches; width 2.1)4 inches
by John Vanderlyn (ijj;-i8j2)
JOHN SUDAM
(1781-1835)
LAWYER OF KINGSTON, NEW YORK, AND STATE SENATOR,
1813-1815, AGAIN, 1833-1835. REGENT OF THE
STATE UNIVERSITY FROM 1819 TO THE
DATE OF HIS DEATH
PAINTED IN 1830
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by John Vanderlyn (1777-1872)
John Vanderlyn was born and died at Kingston, New York. His
birthday was October 15, 1775, and his death occurred on Septem¬
ber 14, 1851. Aaron Burr patronized him in his youth, helped him
to secure instruction and to go to Europe, and when Gilbert Stuart
returned from England to this country in 1793, and painted Burr's
portrait, Vanderlyn had coveted opportunity to see the great
American master at work. In 1796, Vanderlyn went to Paris, and
he first exhibited at the Salon in 1800. He returned to America for
two years, but in 1803 again went to Europe and did not come
home until 1816.
JOHANNES VAN VECHTEN
(1676-1741)
PAINTED IN I719
Height 45^ inches; width 38 inches
by Pieter Vanderlyn (1687-1778)
This portrait of Johannes Van Vechten, 1676-1741, was painted
when the subject was 43 years of age. The bulletin of the New
York Historical Society of October, 1911, names Pieter Vanderlyn
as the painter of the New York State portraits long unrecognized.
Nearly forty portraits have been located among descendants of
early Dutch families in this country. This painting of Johannes
Van Vechten is the first one ever publicly shown with the attri¬
bution as given here. The noted American portrait painter, John
Vanderlyn, 1775-1851, was the grandson of Pieter Vanderlyn.
REBECCA SANFORD BARLOW
OF PROMINENT REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTRY
(1747-1839)
PAINTED IN l8lO
Height 16^4 inches; width io^i inches
by Samuel L. Waldo (1783-1861)
R. G. LIVINGSTON DE PEYSTER
(1795-1873)
GRADUATE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, 1815
PROMINENT NEW YORK MERCHANT
PAINTED IN 18x8
Height 33 inches; width 15 inches
by Samuel L. Waldo {1783-1861)
The painter, Samuel L. Waldo, was a native of Connecticut,
where he was born in 1783, in the town of Windham. He went to
London in 1806, joined John Singleton Copley and Benjamin West,
with whom he studied. Returning to America in 1809, he spent
the remainder of his life in New York, where he died in 1861.
SIR PETER WARREN
O703-175 x)
PAINTED IN 1731
Height 44inches; width 36inches
Made citizen of New York in 1731. Was the first proprietor of
Greenwich Village. Sir Peter was married in 1731 at Trinity Church
to Susan deLancey, daughter of Stephen deLancey. He was naval
hero at the fall of Louisburg in 1745 aQd was made Rear-Admiral
the same year. Born in Warrentown, County Heath, Ireland, in
1703. He died July X9, 175X.
In 1731, the year this portrait of Sir Peter Warren was painted,
he with James deLancey and others were presented with the free¬
dom of the city. He was a member of the Council of New York
under Governor Clinton from 1743 until his death in 175X. Sir
Peter's country house, built in 1740, was situated on the property
now bounded by Bleecker, Fourth, Charles and Perry Streets. It
was the center of a large estate which extended down to the Hud¬
son River. Here in 1753, the Subscription Plate was run for. This
was one of the earliest horse races held within the limits of
Manhattan.
by John Watson {1683-1768)
John Watson came to the Colonies in 1715 and set up his easel
in the capital of New Jersey, Perth Amboy. The year in which he
was born is found by the date of his death engraved on his tomb¬
stone, and the age at which he died. He was born in 1685 and died
in 1768.
Sir Peter Warren, through his marriage into the de Lancey
family, had connections living in Perth Amboy, the home of the
artist. For Elizabeth Van Cortlandt, youngest sister of Mrs. Ste¬
phen de Lancey, the mother of Mrs. Warren had married in 17x7
the Rev. William Skinner, the first rector of St. Peter's Church,
Perth Amboy. Later, one of his sons, Lieut.-Col. William Skinner
married his cousin Susan, youngest daughter of Sir Peter Warren.
The Barberie and Kearny families also lived in Perth Amboy. They,
too, were connections of the de Lanceys, other branches of the
family included.
William Dunlap in his History of "The Arts of Design," Vol.
I, devotes four pages to the career of the artist John Watson.
PHILIP VAN CORTLANDT
(1749-1831)
BRIGADIER-GENERAL OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. MEMBER OF
CONGRESS 1793-1809. A FOUNDER AND FIRST
TREASURER OF THE SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI
PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN I795
Height 2.6 inches; width 2.0% inches
by Adol-ph Ulric Wertmuller Qiyji-1811)
Adolph Ulric Wertmuller was born in Stockholm, Sweden,
February 18, 1751, and died near Wilmington, Delaware, October
5,1811, and is buried in the old Swedes' churchyard, Philadelphia.
When twenty-one, he left Stockholm for Paris to put himself under
his cousin Roslin, one of the chief portrait painters of the French
capital, and subsequently received instruction from Vien. He was
admitted a member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculp¬
ture July 30, 1784, upon the presentation of portraits of Bachelier
and Caffiere, having the year previous been brevetted First Painter
of the King of Sweden. Upon this appointment he painted for
Gustavus III "Ariadne" and "Marie Antoinette with Her Two
Children in the Garden of the Little Trianon," both now in the
National Museum, Stockholm. In 1787 he painted his famous pic¬
ture of "Danae Receiving Jupiter in a Shower of Gold." Driven
from France by the exigencies of the Revolution, he sought a home
in America, reaching Philadelphia May 13,1794. Here, in August,
Washington sat to him. He was called to Sweden in 1796 by the
death of his agent, but he left his precious portrait of Washington
in the care of the lady destined to become his wife, having made
replicas of it for Messrs. Greenleaf and Robert Morris. He returned
to America in November, 1800, and on January 8th following, he
married Lydia Henderson, a granddaughter of Gustavus Hesselius,
the artist. His original portrait of Washington was, after the
death of his widow, three months later, sold at auction in Phila¬
delphia.
This portrait of Gen. Van Cortlandt was painted in 1795 by
Wertmuller in Philadelphia, where the General was then serving
as a member of Congress.
ELIZABETH BECKFORD
COUNTESS OF EFFINGHAM
(I715-I79I)
Height 57 inches; width 45^ inches
by Benjamin West {1738-1820)
ELIZABETH GORDON
COUNTESS OF SUTHERLAND
(1765-1839)
PAINTED IN LONDON IN 1797
by Benjamin West {1738-1820)
BENJAMIN WEST
(1738-1810)
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
Self Portrait
A portrait of the distinguished American artist, by himself, at
the age of twenty-two. President of the Royal Academy of Eng¬
land, succeeding Sir Joshua Reynolds, from 1791-1815.
Benjamin West was born near Springfield, Chester (now Dela¬
ware) County, Pennsylvania, in 1738. At an early age he com¬
menced painting portraits in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He contin¬
ued his art in Philadelphia in 1756, and in 1758 came to New York
City. Later he went to London and had great success with his
painting. In 1791 he succeeded Sir Joshua Reynolds as President
of the Royal Academy of England. He was a friend of Peale, Stuart
and Trumbull. West never returned to the United States. He died
in London in 1810, and was buried there in St. Paul's Cathedral.
CAPT. ARCHIBALD KENNEDY
(1718-1794)
PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY CIRCA I75I
Height 50 inches; width 40 inches
Original owner of No. 1 Broadway, New York City, at one time
the best-known Colonial residence of New York and a landmark
as imperishable as Bowling Green, was built and occupied by
Capt. Kennedy about 1760. The house had many historic associa¬
tions and is reproduced in every history of New York City. Here,
in July 10, 1776, Washington received Col. Patterson, Adj. Gen.
of Lord Howe, and was offered by Col. Patterson the famous letter
addressed to George Washington, Esq., etc., etc., etc. Washing¬
ton refusing to receive it, remarked that three et ceteras might
mean everything, that they also implied anything! During the
British occupation of New York, it was the headquarters of Sir
Henry Clinton, Sir Guy Carleton and Sir William Howe. It was
in a house in Capt. Kennedy's garden at the rear of No. i that
Robert Fulton lived and died.
by John Wollaston
This portrait of Capt. Kennedy was painted in New York, about
175Z, which is in accordance with his appearance and costume.
That the artist was painting here at that date is corroborated by
a record in the minutes of the Vestry Board of Trinity Church
made on April 1, 175Z. His New York work was done between
1751 and 1757, when he was fresh from his European training.
They are in his best manner.
LEWIS MORRIS
(17x6-1798)
BRIGADIER-GENERAL OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
MEMBER OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, I775
SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
PAINTED IN NEW YORK CIRCA I755
Height 30inches; width inches
by John Wollaston
MARY WALTON MORRIS
(17x7-1794)
WIFE OF COL. LEWIS MORRIS OF MORRISANIA, N. Y.
SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
PAINTED IN NEW YORK CIRCA I75 5
Height 30 inches; width Z5 inches
by John Wollaston
JOHN STEVENS
(1708-1791)
MEMBER OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
I784
FATHER OF JOHN STEVENS (1749-1838)
OF CASTLE POINT
Height 30 inches; width 15 inches
by John Wollaston
John Wollaston, an English portrait painter, visited the Colo¬
nies in the middle of the eighteenth century. Wollaston painted
a great many portraits in New York, Philadelphia and the South
from 1750 to 1767. His best portraits seem to have been painted
in New York between 1751 and 1757.
These eleven portraits hanging in No. 22
East 35th Street - purchases from 1928 to
December, 1930, to be added to the Thomas
B. Clarke collection loaned to the Pennsyl¬
vania Museum of Art, Fairmont Park,
Philadelphia.
WILLIAM GOOCH (1681-1751)
Colonial Governor of Virginia, 1727-1749
Painted in Virginia in 1740 by Charles
Bridges
Size 50 x 40
JONATHAN LAW (1647-1750)
Chief-Justice of Supreme Court, 1725-1741
Last Colonial Governor of Connecticut to
hold this office by election, 1741-1750
Painted in 1749 by Peter Pelham (1684-1751)
Size 30 1/8 x 25 1/8
WILLIAM SH2PARD (1737-1817)
General in Continental Army, Member of
Congress from Massachusetts, 1797 to 1803.
tainted in 1788 by Ralph Earl (1751-1801)
Size 28 x 22
MISS ROBINSON
Sister of Mrs. James Benkard. Painted in
Newburgh, N. Y. in 1837 by John Vanderlyn
(1775-1852)
Size 30 x 25
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865)
By Douglas Volk
Size 20 x 16
DANIEL WEBSTER (1782-1852)
American Statesman. Painted in 1848 by
James Lambdin (1307-1889)
Size 36 x 29
CHARLES GAMAGE EASTMAN (1816-1861)
Editor and Statesman. Painted by
Junius Brutus Stearns (1810-1885)
Size 14 x 12
WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT (1824-1879)
Portrait Bainter. Painted in 1877 by
Thomas Dawson (1807-1888)
Size 18 x 14
JONATHAN SEWALL (1728-1796)
Attorney-General, Advocate General and
Judge of Admiralty of Massachusetts
from 1767 to 1774. Painted by Edward
^ruman.
Size 29 3/4 x 24 3/4
JUDGE ROBERT AUCHMUTY, SR.
Died 1750. Eminent early Boston lawyer
and Judge of the Court of Admiralty.
By Joseph Badger (1708-1765)
Size 50 x 40
FOSTER HUTCHINSON (1724-1799)
Justice of Superior Court of Massachu¬
setts. Painted in 1748 by Robert Feke
(1705-1750)
Size 50 x 40
PRINTED AT THE PRESS OF
EDWARD STERN & COMPANY
INCORPORATED
PHILADELPHIA