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 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 patint- ing from its very beginnings until deep in the nineteenth N century. Scarcely an artist of any merit from this period as Dy \ \ \ ~ 3 x but is represented by one, or even by many, fine and char- “S$ » acteristic canvasses. Particularly notable are the group Be 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 ts a matter of move 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 ave 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 ts not available elsewhere. FISKE KIMBALL, Director ARTISTS REPRESENTED ALLston, WASHINGTON ALEXANDER, FRANCIS Ames, Ezra Ames, Josep A. Aupuson, JouN J. (¢wo) Bensripcz, Henry (two) BLACKBURN, JOSEPH Brincezs, CHARLES Brown, Maruer (three) CuarK, ALVAN CLaYPoLe, JAMES Coptey, Joun S. (four) Courturisr, Henri (two) DritaNnoy, ABRAHAM Dunwap, WILLIAM Duranp, Asner B. (two) Duvensck, Franx (two) Douycxincx, Evert, ist Duycx1ncx, GERRET Doycxincx, Evert, 3rd Duycxinck, GERARDUS Earz, Ratrn (two) Eart, Raupx E. W. E1cunoxtz, Jacos (four) E.uiort, Caaruss L, (two) Emmons, NATHANIEL Fexe, Ropert (two) FRoTHINGHAM, JAMES Furton, Rosert (three) HarpinGc, CHESTER Hegarty, Georcs P. A. HERRING, JAMES Hessgxius, Joun Hicks, THomas Huntineton, D. (three) Inman, Henry (four) Jarvis, Joun WEsLEY Jounson, Davip Jounson, Eastman 1779-1843 1800-1880 1768-1836 1816-1872 1785-1851 1744-1812 18th Century 18th Century 1761-1831 1804-1887 1720-1796 1737-1815 Died 1664 18th Century 1766-1839 1796-1886 1848-1919 1621-1702. 1660-1710 1677-1727 1695-1742 1751-1801 1788-1837 1776-1842 1812-1868 1704-1740 170§-1750 1786-1864 1765-1815 1792-1866 1813-1894 1796-1867 1728-1778 1823-1890 1816-1906 1801-1846 1780-1839 1827-1908 1824-1906 Jounson, JouNn JoHNston, HENRIETTA Joverr, Matruew H. Kine, Cares Brrp KRiIMMEL, Jonn Lewis Lamspin, Jamzs Reip Lgeutze, EMaNuEL Matsong, Epwarp G. Marcuant, Epwarp D. Marg, JoHN Mercatre, Ev1as Monrss, S. F. B. (three) Mount, Witu1aM S. NzgaG iz, Joun (eight) Peatz, Cuarrzs W. (three) Pratz, JAMES Pzatz, REMBRANDT ( four) PetyaM, Henry PELHAM, PETER Ping, Ropert EpcEz Pratt, MatTHEW Quipor, JoHN Reap, WILLIAM SavacR, EpwarRD Sminzrt, Joun (four) Spencer, Francis R. Srrycxgr, J. G. (two) Sruart, G. (twenty-nine) Sutty, THomas (#en) Tuaus, Jeremian (three) TRUMBULL, JOHN VANDERLYN, JOHN (two) VANDERLYN, PIETER Watpo, Samugt L. (two) Watson, JOHN WerTMULLER, ApotpH U. West, Benjamin (three) 1752-1818 Died 1728 1787-1827 1785-1862 1787-1821 1807-1889 1816-1868 1777-1807 1806-1887 18th Century 1785-1834 1791-1872. 1807-1868 1796-1865 1741-1827 1749-1831 1778-1860 1749-1806 1684-1751 1730-1788 1734-1805 1801-1881 1607-1679 1761-1817 1688-1751 1806-1875 Died 1687 175571828 1783-1872 1719-1774 1756-1843 1775-1852 1687-1778 1783-1861 1685-1768 1751-1811 1738-1820 Wo ttaston, Joun (four) 18th Century 77 ARTISTS 164 SuBjEcTs SS Aree ee, aa tae Yam, er ow GILBERT STUART'S FAMILY AND PAINTING-ROOM—THE ARTIST AND MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY PAINTED IN BOSTON IN 1827 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 yale and a third unidentified figure. Mrs. Stuart, on the right, ends 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 (1815-1882) MEMBER OF THE SHAW AND PARKMAN FAMILIES OF BOSTON PAINTED IN BOSTON IN 1835 Height 2134 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 1820 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 (1791-1872) DAUGHTER OF GENERAL PETER GANSEVOORT OF ALBANY, N. Y,. SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF THE NOVELIST HERMAN MELVILLE Height 29 inches; width 24 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 1812 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. _ eee - GEORGE SOUTHWARD (1803-1876) AN ARTIST OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS Height 30 inches; width 24 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 777-1852) FAMOUS ORATOR AND STATESMAN UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM 1806-1852 Height 303 inches; width 2534 inches by John J. Audubon (1785-1851) ANNA CORA MOWATT (1819-1870) DRAMATIST AND ACTRESS Height 24 inches; width 18 inches by John James Audubon (1785-1851) John James Audubon came to New York in August 1824, 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 1824, and while in that city painted several portraits. Late in 1824, he went to Louisiana. He remained in the South until May 1826, when he again started for Europe, landing at Liverpool on July 21. He was at once invited to show his draw- ings at the Royal Academy. He made several trips to the United States between 1829 and 1839. He died in New York, January 27, 1851. JAMES vr LANCEY (1732-1800) STATESMAN AND CAPITALIST PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1772 Height 40 inches; width 30% inches James de Lancey was the eldest son of Lieut.-Gov. James de Lancey and his wife Ann Heathcote de Lancey. He was born in 1732 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 Lancey Party. by Henry 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 1771 Height 30 inches; width 25 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 1772) was married on August 17, 1771, to Margaret Allen of Philadelphia. 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 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 , (1727-1801) SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE CAPTURE OF LOUISBURG IN 1745. GENERAL IN THE EXPEDITION TO ACADIA IN 1755 PAINTED IN I750 Height 30% inches; width 25 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 land 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 and 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 (1676-1741), ATTORNEY GENERAL OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1734, ARCHITECT OF THE STATE HOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA, 1729 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- miiller about fifty years after the death of Hamilton. Their only daughter, Margaret Hamilton, married in 1734 Wil- liam Allen, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania and Mayor of Philadel- phia. Her portrait was painted in Philadelphia in 1746 by James Claypole. THOMAS DAWSON (1725-1813) VISCOUNT CREMORNE 1785. MARRIED THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF WILLIAM PENN. PAINTED IN LONDON IN 1788 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Mather Brown (1761-1831) ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1767-1852) TENTH DUKE OF HAMILTON, SCOTLAND FROM THE HAMILTON PALACE COLLECTION Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Mather Brown (1761-1831) WILLIAM VANS MURRAY (1762-1803 ) PAINTED IN LONDON IN 1787 MINISTER OF UNITED STATES TO THE NETHERLANDS, 1797 ENVOY TO FRANCE IN 1799 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Mather Brown (1761-1831) 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 1821 Height 271% inches; width 22 inches 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 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, 1735, AND CHIEF JUSTICE OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1750-1774 PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1746 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches 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 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 mat- tied 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 statethat he was apprenticed “‘to my uncle James Claypoole, limner and a portrait painter in general’’ in 1749. His work shows that he was ot 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 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. Wy. es GAWEN BROWN ae q (1719-1801) a ‘ FATHER OF THE AMERICAN ARTIST, MATHER BROWN 4 (1761-1831) i He was a famous clock-maker of Boston, Mass. The clock in a the Old South Church in Boston was installed by him in 1774. PAINTED IN BOSTON IN 1763 Height 28 inches; width 22 inches by John Singleton Copley (1737-1815) JANE BROWNE (1734-1802) MARRIED HON. SAMUEL LIVERMORE, 1759 PAINTED IN PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1756 Height 30 inches; width 35 inches by John Singleton Copley (1737-1815) ~ - HENRY LAURENS (1724-1792) PRESIDENT OF THE THIRD CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 1777 PAINTED IN LONDON IN 1782 Height 50 inches; width 40 inches by John Singleton Copley (1737-1815) JEREMIAH TAYLOR A DISTINGUISHED ENGLISH SURGEON (1759-1826) Height 34 inches; width 27 inches by John 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 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 (1626-1702) ORIGINAL OWNER OF PHILIPSE MANOR, YONKERS, N. Y. PAINTED IN 1674 Height 28% inches; width 2314 inches by Henri Couturier (Died 1684) OLOFF STEVENSE VAN CORTLANDT (1610-1684) PROMINENT IN THE EARLY LIFE OF NEW AMSTERDAM Height 2834 inches; width 23 inches Oloff Stevense Van Cortlandt, founder of the family, arrived in New Amsterdam, March 28, 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 Schepen, 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 E¢ 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, peer office of Councillor and Burgomaster of that province. This woul 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, 1780-1781 COLONEL OF MILITIA FROM THE MANOR OF LIVINGSTON DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PAINTED IN NEW YORK IN 1772 Height 19 inches; width 15 inches by Abraham Delanoy (circa 1740-1785) 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, 2nd. JOHN HOWARD PAYNE (1792-1852) POET, DRAMATIST AND CELEBRATED ACTOR. AUTHOR OF “‘HOME, SWEET HOME’ PASTEL EXECUTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1809 Height 16 inches; width 1334 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 1812. by William Dunlap (1766-1839) William Dunlap was born in Perth Amboy, N. J., February 19, 1766, and died in New York City, September 28, 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 3414 inches; width 2734 inches by Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886) GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (1786-1875) U. S. CONSUL AT CADIZ, SPAIN MEMBER OF CONGRESS (1839-1841) Height 34 inches; width 27 inches by Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886) Asher Brown Durand was born in Jefferson, N. J., August 21, 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, and 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, and 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 1826 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 22 inches; width 16 inches by Frank Duveneck (1848-1919) WILLIAM GEDNEY BUNCE (1840-1916) A NOTED MARINE PAINTER PORTRAIT MADE IN MUNICH CIRCA 1878 Height 30 inches; width 26 inches by Frank Duveneck (1848-1919) 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 2, 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 25 inches by Evert Duyckinck, 1st (1621-1702) 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 Hendtickic 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 1725 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Evert Duyckinck, 3rd (1677-1727) Evert Duyckinck, 3rd, was born in 1677 and died in 1727. He was the son of Evert Duyckinck, 2nd. 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 pELANCEY (2703-1760) CHIEF JUSTICE AND LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW YORK PAINTED IN 1728 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Gerardus Duyckinck (1695-1742) Gerardus Duyckinck was the son of Gerret Duyckinck (1660- 1710). He was baptized June 19, 1695, and was married to Johanna Van Brugh, August 21, 1720. He was admitted as a freeman of the city in 1731 and there described as a limner. He died November 5» 1742. ANNE VAN CORTLANDT (MRS. STEPHEN DELANCEY ) (1676-1741) PAINTED IN 1699 Height 2934 inches; width 24% 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 “ian is signed and dated Gt. Duyckinck, 1699. The latter date was the year previous to her marriage to Stephen deLancey 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 (1660-1710) Gerret Duyckinck was the son of Evert Duyckinck and was baptized age 11, 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 Match 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 1800 Height 371% inches; width 33 inches by Ralph Earl (1751-1801) SAMUEL STANHOPE SMITH (1750-1819) PAINTED IN 1798 Height 30 inches; width 24 inches Founder and First President of Hampden-Sidney College; 1775- 1779. President of Princeton College; 1794-1812. In 1821, Susan Smith, daughter of the subject, gave this portrait to the Rev. Dr. Beasley, 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. Beasley to Edward R. Lyman. The receipt for this portrait reads: Sept. 25, 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 1821 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 (2751-1801) 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, 1829-1837 MAJOR-GENERAL, UNITED STATES ARMY, 1814 Height 30 inches; width 2534 inches by Ralph E. W. Earl (1788-1837) This portrait was painted from life, at the Hermitage, for John Decker, who served with Jackson at the battle of New Orleans. Ralph E. W. Earl was born in 1788, in England, and was the son of 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 Caffery, 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 25 inches by Jacob Eichholez (1776-1842) MRS. PHOEBE FREEMAN (1812-1850) WIFE OF DR. C. FREEMAN OF LANCASTER, PA. Height 27 inches; width 22 inches by Jacob Eichholtz (1776-1842) HENRY EICHHOLTZ LEMAN (1812-1887) A MANUFACTURER, OF LANCASTER, PA. PAINTED IN 1833 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Jacob Eichholtz (1776-1842) JAMES P. SMITH (1804-1888) WELL KNOWN MINIATURE PAINTER OF PHILADELPHIA PAINTED IN 1835 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by his friend Jacob Eichholtz (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 Ritner, and many of the foremost people of his day in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Harrisburg and Lancaster. He died May 11, 1842 in Lancaster, Pa. CHARLES LORING ELLIOTT (1812-1868) Height 2534 inches; width 20% 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 25 inches by Charles Loring Elliott (1812-1868) Charles Loring Elliott, who was born in Scipio, New York, in | December, 1812, worked in New York City, and died in Albany, his death occurring on September 25, 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 25 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 (1729-1789) WIFE OF JAMES OTIS (1725-1783) PATRIOT AND LAWYER OF BOSTON PAINTED IN 1748 Height 37 inches; width 2834 inches by Robert Feke (1705-1750) WILLIAMINA MOORE (1727-1809) 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 28 inches by Robert Feke (1705-1750) Robert Feke appeared at Newport, R. I., as a portrait painter about 1726. 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 1818 RECTOR AND SCHOLAR Height 26 inches; width 20 inches by James Frothingham (1786-1864) 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 Seine of Stuart. Frothingham was quite busy for a time in Salem and Boston but was forced to move to New York City in 1826, 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 1815-1817, UNITED STATES SENATOR 1817-1833, SECRETARY OF UNITED STATES NAVY 1834-1838 PAINTED IN 1814 Height 30 inches; width 24 inches by Robert Fulton (1765-1815) HENRY ECKFORD (1775-1832) FAMOUS NAVAL ARCHITECT PAINTED IN 1809 Height 60 inches; width 4o inches by Robert Fulton (1765-1815 ) MARIAN (BEDELL) ECKFORD (1779-1840) HENRIETTA ECKFORD (1808-1828) WIFE AND CHILD OF HENRY ECKFORD, NAVAL ARCHITECT PAINTED IN 1809 Height 60 inches; width 4o inches by Robert Fulton (1765-1815) Portrait painter and inventor, born in Little Britain (now Ful- ton), Lancaster County, Pa., in 1765. He died in New York in © 1815. From 1782 to 1785 he painted portraits in Philadelphia. In 1786 he went to England ae studied with West several years. In 1794 he lived with Joel Barlow in Paris. From this period 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 (1792-1866) PAINTED IN 1823 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches Self Portrait Chester Harding was born in Conway, Mass., September 1, 1792, 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 25 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 (1789-1828) A CELEBRATED TRAGEDIAN Height 20 inches; width 15 inches by James Herring (1796-1867) James Herring was born in London, England, January 12, 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 (1732-1819) THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND 1777-1779; JUSTICE OF UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT 1791-1793 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 (1728-1778) 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 1728 and died in 1778. STEPHEN FOSTER COMPOSER OF ‘‘OLD FOLKS AT HOME,” ‘OLD KENTUCKY HOME’ ‘“OLD BLACK JOE’ AND OTHER FAMOUS AMERICAN SONGS (1826-1864) Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Thomas Hicks, N. A. (1823-1890) Born in Pennsylvania in 1823. 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 25 inches by Daniel Huntington (1816-1906) JOHN EDWARDS HOLBROOK (1794-1871) ANATOMIST AND NATURALIST PAINTED IN 1856 Height 28 inches; width 23 inches by Daniel Huntington (1816-1906) HENRY THEODORE TUCKERMAN (1813-1871) AUTHOR OF ‘‘BOOK OF THE ARTISTS” PAINTED IN 1866 Height 27 inches; width 22 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 1862. 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 (1821-1912) FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS PAINTED IN 1844 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Henry Inman (1801-1846) CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN (1806-1884) EDITOR, POET AND NOVELIST PAINTED IN 1841 Height 34 inches; width 27 inches by Henry Inman (1801-1846) GEORGE POPE MORRIS (1802-1864) POET, AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST WROTE ‘‘WOODMAN SPARE THAT TREE AND OTHER POPULAR POEMS BRIGADIER-GENERAL OF STATE MILITIA Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Henry Inman (1801-1846) MRS. ELIZABETH OAKES SMITH AUTHOR AND ARDENT ADVOCATE OF WOMAN'S RIGHTS (1806-1893 ) Height 30 inches; width 25 inches 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 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 1812, 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 25 inches by John Wesley Jarvis (1780-1839) 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 nated, 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 (1806-1872) AMERICAN ACTOR PAINTED IN 1871 Height 24 inches; width 20 inches by David Johnson (1827-1908) David Johnson was born in New York, May 10, 1827. 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 1869 TO _ 1894, WHERE HE HAD CHARGE OF THE LITERARY DEPARTMENT Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Eastman Johnson (1824-1906) Eastman Johnson, a native of Maine, where he was born in 1824, began doing portraits in crayon when quite young, and at twenty-one he was in Washington pene portraits of national celebrities. He went to Europe and painted for several years and, returning, was elected to the National Academy in 1860. 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 25 inches; width 1834 inches by John Johnston (1752-1818) John Johnston was born in Boston in 1752, 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 of arms, 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 (2677-1735) LAST PROPRIETARY GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1717-1719 FIRST ROYAL GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1725-1735 PAINTED IN 1718 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Henrietta Johnston (Died 1728) Henrietta Johnston was the earliest artist of South Carolina and the first woman artist of America. She died in Charleston, S. C., in 1728. At the present time there are about twenty known works by her, nearly all being signed and dated. Eighteen of these ate portraits in pastel. Three of the pastels were painted in New York City in 1725 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 2714 inches; width 21% inches by Matthew Harris Jouett (1787-1827) Matthew Harris Jouett, second son of John and Sallie Robards Jouett, was born April 22, 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, 1827. About 350 portraits by him are recorded. GRACE GREENWOOD (MRS. SARAH JANE LIPPINCOTT) © (1823-1904) PAINTED IN WASHINGTON, D. C., IN 1853 Height 25 inches; width 20 inches by Charles Bird King (1785-1862) 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 1822, he established himself in Washington, D. C., where he remained until his death in 1862. 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 1820 (WILLIAM DUNLAP IN HIs “‘HISTORY OF THE ARTS,’ 1834, DEVOTES SEVERAL PAGES TO THE LIFE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF J. L. KRIMMEL) Height 25 inches; width 29 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 1812, 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 1821. JOHN MARSHALL (1755-1835) CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT FOR 34 YEARS (1801-1835) PAINTED FROM LIFE IN WASHINGTON IN 1832 Height 3534 inches; width 29 inches THE RECORD OF THE PAINTING OF THIS PORTRAIT HAS BEEN OBTAINED FROM J. R. LAMBDIN’S DIARY In James Reid Lambdin’s journal is written the following: Early in January 1832 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 2, 1922. by James R. Lambdin (1807-1889) James Reid Lambdin, a native of Pittsburgh, was born on May 10, 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 1862 Height 30 inches; width 25 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, 1862, 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: ‘“‘T 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- tess. Leutze is the best of fellows.’ ”’ by Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868) Emanuel Leutze, historical painter, was born May 4 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 engray- ings. He died July 18, 1868, in Washington, D. C. MARGARET MARIA LIVINGSTON (1783-1818) Height 1234 inches; width 9% 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 1839. by Edward G. Malbone (1777-1807) 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 25 inches by Edward D. Marchant (1806-1887) 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 1829 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 (1726-1782) GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1761 PAINTED IN 1761 Height 30!4 inches; width 2414 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 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 panes 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. 2, page 503, Hall of Records, New York: ‘Registered and at the request of Mr. Ennis Graham of the City of New York, this roth 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 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 252, 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 Cold 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. 22 on Mott Street. Lot No. 22 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 (1775-1870) THE FIRST AMERICAN WOOD ENGRAVER. PAINTED IN 1816 Height 261% inches; width 21 inches by Eliab Metcalfe (1785-1834) Eliab Metcalfe was born in Massachusetts in 1785. He was re- lated to the famous painter, Chester Harding. Pupil of Samuel L. Waldo in 1815. He painted successfully well-known people through the South. From 1818 to 1823, his New York studio was at 152 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 28 inches by Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872) LEVI LINCOLN (1749-1820) UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER THOMAS JEFFERSON PAINTED IN 1816 by Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872) KATHARINE AUGUSTA RHODES WARE A NEW ENGLAND POET (1797-1843) PAINTED IN 1828 Height 36 inches; width 28 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 1872. CHARLES LORING ELLIOTT (1812-1868) DISTINGUISHED PAINTER OF PORTRAITS PAINTED BY HIS FRIEND Height 27 inches; width 22 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, 1841-1842 PAINTED IN WASHINGTON IN 1829 Height 48 inches; width 36 inches by John Neagle (1796-1865) MRS. JOHN DICKSON AUNT OF THE NOTED ARTIST JOHN NEAGLE (1783-1836) PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1834 Height 3014 inches; width 25% inches by John Neagle (1796-1865) THOMAS W. DYOTT (1771-1861) PHYSICIAN, BANKER AND MERCHANT OF PHILADELPHIA PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1836 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by John Neagle (1796-1865) ANN C. RUDMAN (1804-1881) WIFE OF WILLIAM C. RUDMAN OF PHILADELPHIA PAINTED IN 1845 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by John Neagle (1796-1865) WILLIAM C. RUDMAN (1829-1861) SOLDIER AND MERCHANT OF PHILADELPHIA Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by John Neagle (1796-1865) WILLIAM RUSH (1756-1832) CELEBRATED SCULPTOR OF PHILADELPHIA PAINTED IN 1831 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by John Neagle (1796-1865) JOHN ALBERT RYAN (1774-1852) A NOTED CLERGYMAN AND SCHOLAR PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1829 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by John Neagle (1796-1865) MISS RYAN SISTER OF REVEREND JOHN RYAN (1774-1852) PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1829 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by John Neagle (1796-1865) John Neagle was born in Boston in 1796 and died in Philadel- Pate in 1865. He was educated in Philadelphia. In 1818 he set up ot 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 1825. JOHN PHILIP DE HAAS (1735-1786) MAJOR IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR BRIGADIER-GENERAL IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PAINTED IN 1772 Height 50 inches; width 4o inches by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) BENJAMIN HARRISON (1740-1791) SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA, 1782-1786 PAINTED IN 1783 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) TIMOTHY MATLACK (1736-1829) PATRIOT AND OFFICER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR Height 3034 inches; width 2534 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 1772, 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 22, 1827. GENERAL MORDECAI GIST (1743-1792) DISTINGUISHED REVOLUTIONARY OFFICER, BRIGADIER-GENERAL IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY IN 1779 Height 1134 inches; width 934 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 I812 PAINTED IN 1828 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860) RICHARDSON STUART A MANUFACTURER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (1748-1822) Height 20 inches; width 15 inches by Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860) GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799) COPY OF ROBERT EDGE PINES MILITARY PORTRAIT FROM REMBRANDT PEALE’'S SALE IN 1862 Height 30% inches; width 2534 inches by Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860) GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799) COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Height 30 inches; width 25 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 picture was finished, the artist took it to Charleston, S. C., where he 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 1860. JOHN CUSHING (1695-1778) JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1747 TO 1771 Height 1434 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 25 inches by Peter Pelham (1684-1751) Peter Pelham, born in England, about 1684. Came to Boston with his wife and family in 1726. 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 1728. 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 SMALLWOOD (1732-1792) MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND (1785-1788) PAINTED IN 1788 Height 2914 inches; width 24 inches by Robert Edge Pine (1730-1788) The portraitist, Pine, who was born in London in 1730 (or 1742?), came to America in 1783, with the idea of peas 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 ortraits in Virginia, and at Annapolis made a family group, in ull-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 1772 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 (1734-1805) 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 Claypoole, “‘limner and painter in general,’’ gave his nephew the first in- struction he received in art, from whom, to use Pratt's language, ‘‘T learned all the different branches of the pay 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 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 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 i ee ly a ee ee ee 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 | am.’ ”’ ([rving’s Sketch Book, Vol. I, page 78.) by John Quidor (1801-1881) John Quidor was born at Tappan, Orange County, New York, January 26, 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 York Directories from 1828 to 1835 as a portrait painter, and, after, as an artist. His exhibits at the National Academy of Design were from 1828 to 1839. RICHARD BELLINGHAM (1592-1672) GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS 1641-165 6—165 §-1672 EARLIEST KNOWN PORTRAIT PAINTED IN THIS COUNTRY BOSTON, 1641 Height 2134 inches; width 19 inches by William Read (1607-1679) The portrait is signed: Govr. R. Bellingham, Effiegies Delin. Boston Anno. Dom. 1641 Aktatis 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: Page 155, June 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 29 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 1672, 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 26 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. THE WASHINGTON FAMILY PAINTED FROM LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY AND PHILADELPHIA BETWEEN 1789 AND 1796 GEORGE WASHINGTON...) 2 2) ee 1732-1799 Mrs. GzorGE WASHINGTON. .......- .; 1732-1802 *GEORGE WASHINGTON ParRKE CusTIS ... . . 1781-1857 “ELEANOR PARKER Custis). 20.75, 9) ee 1779-1852 “Brrry”’ Lex, a-colored setvant 9: eee *The Two Adopted Grandchildren. Height 84 inches; width 111 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 a ega 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- j per-plate was begun and half finished from the likenesses 4 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, 1892, 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 111 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. Have- meyer of New York City. ENGRAVED BY THE ARTIST, 1798 The Washington Family group was engraved by Edward Savage himself and published March ro, 1798. | It is interesting to note that in Martha Washington’s will, dated March 4, 1802, she made a special bequest to her grand- daughter, Eleanor Parke Lewis, mée 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, 1802. 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 (1761-1817) Edward Savage was born in Princeton, Worcester County, Mas- sachusetts, November 26, 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 1825, 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 pELANCEY (1663-1741) PAINTED IN 1734 Height 30 inches; width 25 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 partner. A prominent merchant, was active in public affairs, and became a social leader. by John Smibert (1688-1751) ALEXANDER GARDEN (1685-1756) AUTHOR AND RECTOR PAINTED IN 1734 Height 29 inches; width 24 inches by John Smibert (1688-1751) GOVERNOR WILLIAM SHIRLEY (1693-1771) COLONIAL GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS 1741~1745-1753 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by John Smibert (1688-1751) SUSANNAH pELANCEY 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 SI) 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 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. FRANCES LUDLUM MORRIS (1766-1852) WIFE OF ROBERT MORRIS OF FORDHAM, NEW YORK PAINTED IN 1838 Height 36 inches; width 29 inches by Frederick R. Spencer (1806-1875) Frederick R. Spencer was born in the town of Lenox, Madison County, New York, on the 7th of June, 1806. His ed 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 1825, 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 father’s house, but in 1827 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 2134 inches; width 16% 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 1923. by Jacobus Gerritsen Strycker ADRIAN VAN DER DONCK (1618-1655) THE FOUNDER OF YONKERS, N. Y. PAINTED ABOUT 1654 Height 23 inches; width 18 inches by Jacobus Gerritsen Strycker (1687) 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 pate in the present exhibition had been in the Strycker family for seven generations. PORTRAITS PAINTED IN AMERICA By Gilbert Stuart (1794-1826) JOSEPH ANTHONY (1738-1798) PROMINENT MERCHANT OF PHILADELPHIA. UNCLE AND BENEFACTOR OF GILBERT STUART THE ORIGINAL PORTRAIT PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1794 Height 36 inches; width 28 inches 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 had remained in the possession of Joseph Anthony’s descendants in Philadelphia until 1923. In later years, Stuart painted the portraits of Joseph Anthony, Jr. and Joseph Anthony, 3d. JOHN BAPTISTA ASHE (1748-1802) COLONEL IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY MEMBER OF CONGRESS, 1789-1793 ELECTED GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1802 PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA CIRCA 1800 Height 36 inches; width 28 inches by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) WILLIAM CONSTABLE (1752-1803) PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1796 FRIEND OF WASHINGTON, HAMILTON, JAY AND LAFAYETTE PARTNER OF GOUVERNEUR MORRIS Height 2914 inches; width 24 inches by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) JOSEPH COOLIDGE (1773-1840) PAINTED IN BOSTON IN 1820 Height 28 inches; width 22% inches A WELL-KNOWN MERCHANT OF BOSTON by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) MATILDA CAROLINE CRUGER (1776-1812) PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1793 Height 3614 inches; width 2814 inches She first married Lawrence Reid Yates in 1795. Her second alli- ance was with Judge Henry Walton in 1800. by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) MRS. ANDREW DEXTER (1787-1819) PAINTED IN BOSTON IN 1808 Height 2914 inches; width 2334 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 (1755-1828) ‘“COUNSELLOR” JOHN DUNN NOTED LINGUIST AND LAWYER PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1798 Height 29 inches; width 24 inches by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) A member of the Irish Parliament, Borough of Randalstown, County Antrim, from 1783 to 1797. He came to the United States, says Mason, Ladd perhaps wholly, to study the Indian language, and remained here approximately three years. This portrait and a portrait of Washington, Athenzum 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 I781I AND MADE ITS LAST PRESIDENT IN 1788 PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY CIRCA 1794 Height 17 inches; width 14 inches by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) JAMES LLOYD (1728-1810) PAINTED IN BOSTON CIRCA 1808 Height 30 inches; width 25 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 (1755-1828) GEORGE POLLOCK (1762-1820) PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1793 Height 36 inches; width 28% 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 2, 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 (1755-1828) MRS. GEORGE POLLOCK PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1793 Height 36 inches; width 28 inches Born Catherine Yates, daughter of Richard Yates. Married George Pollock in 1787, and died October 31, 1805. by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) MRS. WILLIAM ROBINSON (ANNE CALVERT STUART) A RELATIVE OF MARTHA WASHINGTON PAINTED IN BOSTON CIRCA 1812 Height 2814 inches; width 2234 inches by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) EDWARD STOW (1768-1847) PAINTED IN BORDENTOWN, NEW JERSEY, IN 1803 Height 2934 inches; width 23% 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 (1755-1828) WILLIAM THORNTON (1761-1826) PAINTED IN WASHINGTON, D. C., IN 1804 Architect of the first Capitol at Washington, D.C., and designer of the Octagon House there. Height 287 inches; width 2434 inches by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) MRS. WILLIAM THORNTON (1775-1865) PAINTED IN WASHINGTON, D. C., IN 1804 WIFE OF THE NOTED ARCHITECT OF WASHINGTON, D. C. Height 2876 inches; width 2434 inches by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER (1765-1839) PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1794 Height 36 inches; width 28 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 (1755-1828) LAWRENCE REID YATES PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1793 Height 30 inches; width 25 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 (1755-1828) RICHARD YATES (1732-1808) PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1793 Height 30 inches; width 25 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 (1755-1828) MRS. RICHARD YATES (Born 1736) PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1793 Height 30 inches; width 25 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 (1755-1828) GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799) 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 1912. Height 2934 inches; width 2334 inches by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) 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 1828. : ‘oe ee a a ey ed ee ee cet ee ERT en ee oe eee ee ee ee Oe ee ee Se ee ee Le a whee ee ee ee io peti * ee en = Dwg in " — ig tie. Ds edie En ig reel oa ees ban PORTRAITS PAINTED IN EUROPE by Gilbert Stuart FROM 1779 TO 1790 LIEUTENANT ROBERT CALDER (1745-1818) PAINTED IN LONDON CIRCA 1779 MADE BARONET IN 1798—ADMIRAL IN BRITISH NAVY IN 1810 Height 36 inches; width 28 inches by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) SIR FRANCIS N. P. CONYNGHAM (1766-1832) PAINTED IN DUBLIN CIRCA 1790 LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF LOWER CANADA FROM 1822 TO 1828 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) JAMES MASSY DAWSON (1736-1790) FROM BALLINACOURTE, IRELAND PAINTED IN DUBLIN CIRCA 1788 Height 2834 inches; width 2334 inches by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) SIR JOHN DICK (1719-1804) PAINTED IN LONDON IN 1782 Sir John Dick received the order of the Knight of St. Anne of Russia while British Consul at Leghorn, Italy. by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) DR. WILLIAM HARTIGAN (1756-1812) PAINTED IN DUBLIN CIRCA 1790 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches A noted Surgeon and member of the Faculty of Trinity College, Dublin. by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) BETSEY HARTIGAN PAINTED IN DUBLIN CIRCA 1790 Height 303 inches; width 2514 inches 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 (1755-1828) SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792) FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGLAND PAINTED IN LONDON IN 1784 Height 36 inches; width 30 inches by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) ROBERT THEW THE ENGLISH ENGRAVER (1758-1802) Height 36 inches; width 28 inches by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) LUKE WHITE (1740-1824) OF KILLAKEE, IRELAND. PAINTED IN DUBLIN IN 1790 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767-1848) SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1825-1829 PAINTED FROM LIFE IN WASHINGTON, D. C., IN 1824 Height 24% inches; width 20 inches by Thomas Sully (1783-1872) THOMAS ALSTON (1801-1833 ) OF SOUTH CAROLINA PAINTED IN 1826 Height 3034 inches; width 2534 inches by Thomas Sully (1783-1872) MAJOR THOMAS BIDDLE (1790-1831) OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, COMMISSIONED IN 1814 Height 36 inches; width 28 inches by Thomas Sully (1783-1872) DOCTOR WILLIAM GIBSON A NOTED AMERICAN SURGEON, SOLDIER AND WRITER OF PHILADELPHIA (1788-1868) PAINTED IN 1820 Height 17% inches; width 14 inches by Thomas Sully (1783-1872) JULIANNA HAZELHURST (1802-1876) MARRIED REV. CALEB J. GOOD, EPISCOPAL MINISTER OF WEST CHESTER, PA. Height 30 inches; width 25 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 20 inches; width 16 inches by Thomas Sully (2783-1872) ANN BIDDLE HOPKINSON (1800-1863 ) WIFE OF FRANCIS HOPKINSON AND DAUGHTER OF CHARLES BIDDLE PAINTED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1834 by Thomas Sully (1783-1872) JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE (1757-1823) AS RICHARD III PAINTED IN 1867 AFTER PORTRAIT BY GILBERT STUART AS AN ACTOR HE EXCELLED IN THE HIGHEST ORDER OF TRAGEDY Height 21 inches; width 16 inches by Thomas Sully (2783-1872) ABRAHAM KINTZING (1763-1835) MERCHANT OF PHILADELPHIA. PAINTED IN 1815 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Thomas Sully (1783-1872) ROBERT WALSH (1785-1858) JOURNALIST AND EDITOR OF PHILADELPHIA. PAINTED IN 1814 Height 30 inches; width 25 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- dence 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 1872. JOSIAS ALLSTON (1731-1776) UNCLE OF THE ARTIST, WASHINGTON ALLSTON A NOTED PLANTER OF GEORGETOWN, SG; Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by Jeremiah Theus (1719-1774) JOHANN De KALB (1721-1780) MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY 177771780 PAINTED IN 1768 Height 2814 inches; width 24 inches by Jeremiah Theus (1719-1774) 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 25 inches by Jeremiah Theus (1719-1774) 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 Markoe. The William Rogers country estate was located at West 102nd Street and his city residence was 57 Wall Street. Height 30!% inches; width 25 inches by John Trumbull (1756-1843) 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 André, 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 OF KINGSTON, N. Y. LIEUTENANT IN WAR OF 1812 PAINTED IN 1816 Height 26% inches; width 2214 inches by John Vanderlyn (1775-1852) JOHN SUDAM (1782-1835) LAWYER OF KINGSTON, NEW YORK, AND STATE SENATOR, 1823-1825, AGAIN, 1833-1835. REGENT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY FROM 1829 TO THE DATE OF HIS DEATH PAINTED IN 1830 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by John Vanderlyn (1775-1852) John Vanderlyn was born and died at Kingston, New York. His birthday was October 15, 1775, and his death occurred on Septem- ber 24, 1852. 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 Burt’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 (1676-1742) PAINTED IN 1719 Height 4514 inches; width 38 inches by Pieter Vanderlyn (1687-1778) This portrait of Johannes Van Vechten, 1676-1742, was painted when the subject was 43 years of age. The bulletin of the New York Historical Society of October, 1921, names Pieter Vanderlyn as the painter of the New York State portraits long unrecognized. Nearly forty portraits have been located among descendants of eatly 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 ans painter, John Vanderlyn, 1775-1852, was the grandson of Pieter Vanderlyn. REBECCA SANFORD BARLOW OF PROMINENT REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTRY (1747-1839) PAINTED IN 1810 Height 2634 inches; width 2034 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 1828 Height 33 inches; width 25 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 (1703-1752) PAINTED IN 1731 Height 4454 inches; width 3638 inches 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 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 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 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 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 (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 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 attist. For Elizabeth Van Cortlandt, youngest sister of Mrs. Ste- phen de Lancey, the mother of Mrs. Warren had matried in 1727 Se ee ee neg Ome Lt ee EE Ee ee, eT CR cle ren tg ey eee NS oe a ce a SN eee the Rev. William Skinner, the first rector of St. Peter’s Church, Perth Amboy. Later, one of his sons, Lieut.-Col. William Skinner matried his cousin Susan, youngest daughter of Sir Peter Warren. The Barberie and Kearny families also lived in Perth Amboy. They, too, wete 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 1795 Height 26 inches; width 204 inches by Adolph Ulric Wertmuiller (1751-1811) Adolph Ulric Wertmiiller 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 II “‘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. his portrait of Gen. Van Cortlandt was painted in 1795 by Wertmiiller in Philadelphia, where the General was then servin as a member of Congress. : ELIZABETH BECKFORD COUNTESS OF EFFINGHAM (1725-1791) Height 57 inches; width 4534 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 (1738-1820) Height 30 inches; width 25 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 1792-1815. Benjamin West was born near Springfield, Chester (now Dela- wate) 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 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. CAPT. ARCHIBALD KENNEDY (1718-1794) PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY CIRCA 17§2 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 20, 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. 1 that Robert Fulton lived and died. by John Wollaston This portrait of Capt. Kennedy was painted in New York, about 1752, 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, 1752. 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 (1726-1798) BRIGADIER-GENERAL OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY MEMBER OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 1775 SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PAINTED IN NEW YORK CIRCA 1755 Height 301 inches; width 2534 inches by John Wollaston MARY WALTON MORRIS (1727-1794) WIFE OF COL. LEWIS MORRIS OF MORRISANIA, Nixes SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PAINTED IN NEW YORK CIRCA 1755 Height 30 inches; width 25 inches by John Wollaston JOHN STEVENS (1708-1792) MEMBER OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1784 FATHER OF JOHN STEVENS (1749-1838) OF CASTLE POINT Height 30 inches; width 25 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. 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