ART EXHIBITION March 1924 (galt THE ComMITTEE ON Aur desires to : Be sunein nbs: thanks toa former Gi bairman. for bis Beare: m hE ae? EXHIBITION of the EARLIEST KNOWN PORTRAITS OF AMERICANS by PAINTERS of the SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEENTH and NINETEENTH CENTURIES THE UNIon LEAGUE CLUB NEW YORK Marcu 12, 13, 1924 RECAPITULATION of the artists’ names and the number of their paintings shown in the series of the Early American Portraits at the Union League Exhibitions from November, 1921, to March, 1924, inclusive. Allston, Washington (two pictures) Alexander, Francis Ames, Ezra . Ames, Joseph A. ry Audubon, John J. (two pieeites) Benbridge, Henry Blackburn, Joseph Bridges, Charles . Brown, Mather (three signers Clark, Alvan Claypole, James Copley, John Singleton (five i hides Couturier, Henri . Durand, Asher Brown ies peat Duveneck, Frank Duyckinck, Evert, 3d Earl, Ralph . Earl, Ralph E. W. : Eichholtz, Jacob (five wchnreth Elliott, Charles Loring (two pictures) Feke, Robert Fulton, Robert (three widhndevi Harding, Chester (two pictures) Healy, George P. A. (two pictures) Herring, James way Hicks, Thomas (two pictures) Hubard, William J. Huntington, Daniel (four pictures) Inman, Henry (six pictures) . Jarvis, John Wesley . Johnson, David Johnson, Eastman Johnson, John . Jouett, Matthew H. . 1779-1843 1800-1880 1768-1836 1816-1872 1785-1851 1744-1812 ; Isth Century . 18th Century 1761-1831 1804-1887 1720-1796 1737-1815 . 17th Century 1796-1886 1848-1919 1677-1727 1751-1801 1788-1837 1776-1842 1812-1868 1705-1750 1765-1815 1792-1866 1813-1894 1796-1867 1823-1890 1807-1862 1816-1906 1801-1846 1780-1839 1827-1908 1824-1906 1752-1818 1787-1827 rely King, Charles Bird ’ Krimmel, John Lewis Lambdin, James Reid Leutze, Emanuel . j Marchant, Edward D. . Mare, John . Metcalfe, Eliab (two oie aA Morse, Samuel F. B. (three pictures) . Mount, William S. Neagle, John (seven pictures) Peale, Charles Willson (four pictures) Peale, James 4 Peale, Rembrandt (five t ictutes) Pelham, Peter . " Pine, Robért Edge (two Lopes ie Pratt, Matthew Quidor, John ; Savage, Edward (two Bicone Sharples, James Smibert, John (three ReNiEs) Spencer, Francis R. Strycker, Jacobus Gerritsen (two nouns, Stuart, Gilbert (thirty-four pictures) Sully, Thomas (ten pictures) Theus, Jeremiah (four pictures) Trumbull, John (two pictures) . Vanderlyn, John (three pictures) Vanderlyn, Pieter Waldo, Samuel L. (two eee Watson, John . ty West, Benjamin (four pictures) Wollaston, John (two pictures) . ToTAL 167 PorTRAITS BY SIXTY-SIX ARTISTS 1785-1862 1787-1821 1807-1889 1816-1868 1806-1885 ; Isth Century 1785-1834 1791-1872 1807-1868 1796-1865 1741-1827 1749-1831 1778-1860 1684-1751 1730-1788 1734-1805 1801-1881 1761-1817 1751-1811 1688-1751 1806-1875 Died 1687 1755-1828 1783-1872 1719-1774 1756-1843 1775-1852 ee 17th Century 1783-18061 1685-1768 1738-1820 . 18th Century eS SSS yy EXHIBITION of PORTRAITS ‘By EARLY AMERICAN ARTISTS The eighth of the series which commenced in November, 1921 ARTISTS REPRESENTED Allston, Washington . Benbridge, Henry . Blackburn, Joseph . Bridges, Charles Clark, Alvan Claypole, James Copley, John Singleton Couturier, Henri Inman, Henry Mare, John Neagle, John (04, Peale, Charles Willson Pratt, Matthew . Smibert, John : Strycker, Jacob Gerritsen Stuart, Gilbert . Sully, Thomas . Trumbull, John Vanderlyn, John Watson, John West, Benjamin Wollaston, John THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB NEW YORK Marcu 12, 13, 1924 1779-1843 1744-1812 18th Century 18th Century 1804-1887 1720-1796 1737-1815 17th Century 1801-1846 18th Century 1796-1865 1741-1827 1734-1805 1688-1751 Died 1687 1755-1828 1783-1872 1756-1843 1775-1852 1685-1768 1738-1820 18th Century CATALOGUE ] SIR PETER WARREN (1703-1752) 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 de Lancey, daughter of Stephen de Lancey. He was naval hero at the fall of Louisburg in 1745 and was made Rear Admiral the same year. Born in Warrentown, County Heath, Ireland, in 1703. He died July 29, 1752. In 1731, the year this portrait of Sir Peter Warren was painted, he with James de Lancey and others were presented with the freedom of the city. He was a member of the Council of New York under Gover- nor Clinton from 1743 until his death in 1752. 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 Hudson 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 (1685-1768 ) 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 tombstone, 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. Stephen de Lancey, the mother of Mrs. Warren had married in 1727 the Rev. William Skinner, the first rector of St. Peters 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. 1, de- votes four pages to the career of the artist John Watson. S885 Sy 2 FREDERICK PHILIPSE (1626-1702) ORIGINAL OWNER OF PHILIPSE MANOR, YONKERS Painted in 1674 by Henri Couturier Frederick Philipse by Henri Couturier. According to the lettering on this portrait it was painted in New Orange in 1674 and was signed by the monogram interlaced, the first two ini- tials being those of the 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 5th, 1663 from Amsterdam. In the mar- gin 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 baptised 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 baptised and also by the record of Isaac, the artist’s oldest son signing the Remonstrance to the Direc- tor 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 hav- ing been baptised 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. The sale of his house in 1674 by his wife acting with power of at- torney, received from him, proves conclusively that he was living at that time. He must have died some time between that day and 1687 when his wife is mentioned in the Mortgage Deeds, a widow of Hendrick Couturier. Frederick Philipse is said to have called himself and written his name as Frederick Vlypse, while his name is spelled Frederick Flipse in his will. JAN STRYCKER (1617-1697) MAGISTRATE PROMINENT IN THE EARLY LIFE OF NEW AMSTERDAM Painted in 1655 by bis artist brother Jacobus Gerritsen Strycker who died in 1687 The portrait is signed on the front: AE TATIS 38 16055 On the back of the canvas is written: Given to Altje by her father Jacobus Gerritsen Strycker, who himself drew this like- ness 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.” by Jacobus Gerritsen Strycker Jacobus Gerritsen Strycker, farmer, trader, magistrate and “limner,” was born at Ruinen, province of Drenthe, in the Netherlands. His wife was Ytie Huybrechts, possibly related to the lady of the same sur- name, 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 Amsterdam, Attorney General and Sheriff of the Dutch towns on Long Island up to August 1673. Very little of his work as an artist is known. Three 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. 4 TIMOTHY MATLACK (1736-1829) PATRIOT AND OFFICER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 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 German- town. Two years after he returned from England he painted his first portrait of Washington. It was painted at Mount Vernon in 1772, and is the earliest portrait of Washington in existence. He painted fourteen portraits of Washington from life, according to his son, Rembrandt. Charles Willson Peale died in Philadelphia, February 22, 1827. y MARGARET HAMILTON ALLEN (Died 1760) WIFE OF WILLIAM ALLEN (1705-1780), THE MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA, I'735, AND CHIEF JUSTICE OF PENNSYLVANIA, I'750-1774 Painted in Philadelphia in 1746 by James Claypole* (1720-1796) James Claypole was the earliest native artist of Pennsylvania. He was born in Philadelphia, January 27, 1720 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 War- den of Christ Church, Philadelphia, and was “concerned in the pro- moting and assisting in the building of Christ Church and contribu- ted much toward it.” As Mrs. Allen’s family owned a vault in Christ Church and she herself was married 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 * In signing his name the painter dropped one “‘o” from the usual spelling. ————E>~_________ PH 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 Joseph, father of the artist, was also a man of wealth, as he was a large prop- erty owner in Philadelphia. 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 ap- prenticed “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 24, 1742 was Rebecca White. His second wife was Mary Chambers. His daughter Elizabeth married Timothy Matlack, the soldier and patriot of Phila- delphia, whose portrait 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 number 19 in this exhibition. 6 ALEXANDER GARDEN (1685-1756) AUTHOR AND RECTOR by John Smibert (1688-1751) 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 he 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, and probably also had an influence on Copley, who was fourteen when Smibert 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 1729 and 1751 are from his pencil.” Smibert died in Boston in 1751. 7 MARTIN VAN BUREN (1782-1862) UNITED STATES SENATOR, 1821 MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY, 1827 SECRETARY OF STATE, 1829 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1837-1841 by Henry Inman (1801-1846) Henry Inman was born in Utica, 1801. Opened a studio in Vesey Street, New York City in 1823. In 1826 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 Wadsworth, 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. 8 ELIZABETH COLDEN de LANCEY (1719-1784) WIFE OF PETER de LANCEY (1705-1770) by Matthew Pratt (1734-1805 ) This artist was born in Philadelphia, September 23, 1734, the son of Henry Pratt, goldsmith, a friend of Doctor Franklin and one of his famous Junto. His mother’s brother, James Claypole, “limner and painter in general,” had the distinction, until recently, of being the earliest native-born American artist (1720) that we knew and gave his nephew the first instruction he received in art, from whom, to use Pratt’s language, “I learned all the aifferent branches of the painting business, particularly 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 por- trait of the philosopher known. In the summer of 1764, Pratt sailed for London, having under his protection his kinswoman, the fiancée 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 Metro- politan 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 5th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia. He was the father of Henry Pratt, who built the famous “yellow mansion” that stood at Broad and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, for so many years, and he was the progenitor of many families of prominence in that city. 9 BENJAMIN WEST (1738-1820) A portrait of the distinguished American artist, by himself, at the age of twenty-two. President of the Royal Academy of England, succeeding Sir Joshua Reynolds, from 1792-1815. Benjamin West was born near Springfield, Chester (now Delaware) County, Pa., in 1738. At an early age he commenced painting portraits in Lancaster, Pa. He continued 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 1792 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 1820, and was buried there in St. Paul’s Cathedral. 10 GILBERT STUART’S FAMILY AND PAINTING-ROOM—THE ARTIST AND MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY Painted in Boston in 1827 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 Harvard, and returned to South Carolina, where he painted some religious compo- sitions. 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 treas- ures 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. NN I] JOHN ALBERT RYAN (1774-1852) A NOTED CLERGYMAN AND SCHOLAR Painted in Philadelphia in 1829 by John Neagle (1796-1865 ) John Neagle was born in Boston in 1796. Principally self-taught. His paintings in Philadelphia give him high rank. The best portrait of Gilbert Stuart from life was painted by Neagle, in Boston. He died in 1865. 12 JANE BROWNE (1734-1802) MARRIED HON. SAMUEL LIVERMORE, 1759 Painted in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1756 by Jobn Singleton Copley (1737-1815 ) The artist, John Singleton Copley, was born in Boston in 1737, and at the age of fifteen painted a portrait of his stepfather, Peter Pel- ham. When he was twenty-nine he was for the first time an exhibitor at London, through a portrait sent over to Benjamin West. This portrait is one of the very earliest painted by Copley in this country. 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 Trumbull 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. eS SS SE SSS 13 BARNABUS CLARK (1799-1890) ENGRAVER AND BROTHER OF THE ARTIST Painted in 1821 by Alvan Clark (1804-1887 ) 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 Provi- dence, 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 likeness. Clark also painted a portrait of Mrs. Chester Harding. He died August 19, 1887, in Cambridge, Mass. 14 JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE (1757-1823) AS RICHARD III Painted in 1867 after portrait by Gilbert Stuart by Sully. As an actor he excelled in the highest order of tragedy. by Thomas Sully (1783-1872 ) Thomas Sully, who was born in England in 1783, came to this coun- try with his parents. The family settled at Charleston, S. C. Sully established himself in Philadelphia as an artist at the age of twenty- five, after a short residence in New York and in Boston, and after having received while in Boston some instruction from Gilbert Stuart, he went to London and studied for two years under Benjamin West, returning to New York, but making Philadelphia the home of his last years. He died there in 1872. 15 FRANCIS GRANGER (1792-1868) REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, 1835-1841 UNITED STATES POSTMASTER GENERAL, 1841 by John Trumbull (1756-1843 ) Colonel John Trumbull attained this rank in the service under Washington, whose forces he joined before he was twenty, and he bore the title to the last. Was born in Lebanon, Conn., June 6, 1756. He was a son of the Governor of that State, “Brother Jonathan” Trum- bull. Washington utilized Trumbull’s ability in draughtsmanship in the making of topographical drawings 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 execution of Major André, and was released only upon the surety of West and Copley. He came home, but re- turned 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. 16 MRS. ISAAC HOLMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA by Henry Benbridge (1744-1812) Henry Benbridge was born in Philadelphia, May 20, 1744, and died in February, 1812. 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 General Pascal Paoli, which Ben- bridge, on reaching London the following year, exhibited at the Free Society of Artists. While in London Benbridge 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 Philo- sophical Society. Benbridge settled in Charleston, S. C., where he painted many of the portraits of women found in the South at- tributed to Copley. IN) 17 JOSEPH ANTHONY (1738-1798) PROMINENT MERCHANT OF PHILADELPHIA. UNCLE AND BENEFACTOR OF GILBERT STUART The original portrait painted in Philadelphia in 1794 by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828 ) A letter written in New York, November 2, 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 has remained in the possession of Joseph Anthony’s descendants in Philadelphia until now. In later years, Stuart painted the portraits of his nephew, Joseph Anthony, Jr., and his grandnephew, Joseph Anthony, 3d. 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 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 1828. 18 ZACHARIAH SCHOONMAKER (1784-1818) LAWYER OF KINGSTON, N. Y. LIEUTENANT IN WAR OF I812 Painted in 1816 by John Vanderlyn (1775-1852 ) John Vanderlyn was born and died at Kingston, N. Y. His birth- day was October 15, 1775, and his death occurred on September 24, 1852. Aaron Burr patronized him in his youth, helped him to secure instruction and to go to Europe, and when Gilbert Stuart returned SSS SSS SS Seep from England to this country in 1793 and painted Burr’s portrait, Vanderlyn had a 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. 19 ANNE BROWN HAMILTON WIFE OF ANDREW HAMILTON (1676-1741), ATTORNEY GENERAL OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1734, ARCHITECT OF THE STATE HOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA, 1729 by Charles Bridges Charles Bridges, an Englishman, painted in Virginia from 1730 to 1750. Most of the portraits in the South attributed to Sir Godfrey 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 hold- ing in this portrait is perhaps the only true likeness in existence, as the published engravings, etc., are all from a copy of an original which was destroyed. This copy was made by Wertmiiller about fifty years after the death of Hamilton. Their only daughter, Margaret Hamilton, married in 1734 William Allen, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania and Mayor of Philadelphia. Her portrait was painted in Philadelphia in 1746 by James Claypole. ee 20 LEWIS MORRIS (1726-1798) BRIGADIER GENERAL OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY MEMBER OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 1'775 SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Painted in New York circa 1755 by John Wollaston John Wollaston, an English portrait painter, visited the Colonies 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. 21 GENERAL JOSHUA WINSLOW (1727-1801) SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE CAPTURE OF — LOUISBURG IN 1745. GENERAL IN THE EXPEDITION TO ACADIA IN 1755 Painted in 1750 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 interchangeably, 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 settled the point. No portrait by him has been found bearing a date earlier than 1754. The por- trait of Joshua Winslow in the present exhibition is signed and dated 1750, which makes this the earliest Blackburn known to date and none after 1761, and it is the writer’s opinion that he was, judging from his name, of lowland 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. ff LLLL____=_==S SSS SSS ia ROBERT MONCKTON (1726-1782) GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 17061 Painted in 1761 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 162. 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 Mare. 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 mortgage on the property of John Mare, Jr., is recorded in the New York County Mortgages, Liber No. 2, 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 1772. “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 St., Northerly by land belonging to Obadiah Wells, Easterly by land: the property of John Killman and Southerly by a lot of ground belonging to Archi- bald Gatfield.” The land described in the above memorandum was No. 18 Mul- berry St., before 1817. It is called to-day Lot No. 61. It was in the Out Ward of the city of New York in the block, at that time bounded on the West by Mulberry St. (formerly Catherine St.) on the North by Cross St. (now Park St.) and on the East by Mott St. John Mare, Senior, who made his will in 1761, devising property in the Out Ward, 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 252, Hall of Records, New York. This mortgage was given to Andrew Marcellus, dated December 7, 1761. It was on Mul- berry St. Lot No. 38 (old number) and is Lot No. 61: to-day. 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. 22 on Mott St. Lot No. 22 is described as adjoining “in the rear lot No. 39, lately belonging to John Mare.” This is the third portrait and the earliest one by John Mare thus far identified. The two others were painted in 1767 and 1768. ai Mig gin a8 5 Rg! ch. i palit Par Committee on Art George F. Kunz Chairman Herbert S. Carpenter Secretary E. Le Grand Beers Alexander McM. Welch Alfred Hopkins Finley J. Shepard William Evarts Benjamin