RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
William Henry Harrison
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1813
Artist: William Strickland, 1788 - 1854
Sitter: William Henry Harrison, 9 Feb 1773 - 4 Apr 1841
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint and etching on paper
Dimensions: Image: 20cm x 17.2cm (7 7/8" x 6 3/4")
Sheet: 22.8cm x 19cm (9" x 7 1/2")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Legislators
Cannon
Dress accessories
Governors
Symbols & Motifs
Weapons
Military and Intelligence
Public officers
Diplomats
National flag
Presidents
Nature
Wreath
Congressional Gold Medal
Congressmen
Government
Diplomacy
Banner
Portraits
Ecology
Plants
Flags
Civilian awards
Laurel wreath
Costume
Tassel
Men
Senators
Politics
Officer
Major Gen! Harrison of the U.S. Army.
James Smithson
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: 1786
Artist: James Roberts, 1753 - c. 1809
Sitter: James Smithson, c. 1765 - 1829
Place: United Kingdom/England
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Frame: 59.7 x 47 x 7.6cm (23 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 3")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Books and reading
Chemist
Portraits
Home Furnishings
Founder
Furnishings
Printed Material
Science and Technology
Landscapes
Chairs
Seating
Costume
Men
Cap and gown
Education and Scholarship
Scientists
Exhibition Label: Born Paris, France
British scientist James Smithson laid the groundwork for the largest museum and research complex in the world, the Smithsonian Institution. Although Smithson had no apparent connection to the United States, he bequeathed most of his fortune “to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an Establishment for the increase & diffusion of knowledge.”
During a career dedicated to the study of chemistry and mineralogy, Smithson published dozens of scientific papers. In 1787, he became the youngest person admitted to the Royal Society, Britain’s premier scientific academy. This portrait represents Smithson at the age of twenty-one, dressed in academic robes after receiving a master’s degree from Oxford University. It was once owned by his servant, John Fitall, who shares with the United States the distinction of being named in Smithson’s will. Smithson bequeathed him an annual sum of one hundred pounds “in consideration of his attachment & fidelity to me.”
Nacido en París, Francia
El científico británico James Smithson sentó las bases para el museo y complejo de investigación más grande del mundo, la Smithsonian Institution. Aunque sin vínculos aparentes con Estados Unidos, legó la mayor parte de su fortuna “para fundar en Washington, con el nombre de Smithsonian Institution, una entidad destinada al cultivo y la difusión del conocimiento”.
Durante una carrera dedicada al estudio de la química y la mineralogía, Smithson publicó docenas de artículos científicos. En 1787 pasó a ser la persona más joven admitida a la Royal Society, principal academia científica británica. Este retrato lo muestra a los 21 años con su toga académica, después de recibir un título de maestría de la Universidad de Oxford. La obra perteneció una vez al sirviente de Smithson, John Fitall, quien comparte con Estados Unidos la distinción de haber sido nombrado en su testamento. Smithson le legó una suma anual de 100 libras “en consideración de su apego y fidelidad hacia mí”.
Provenance: Mrs. Fitall, widow of Smithson’s servant John; sold through (H.P. Bohn) to Smithsonian,1849; accessioned by NPG 1996
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John Adams
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1800
Attribution: David Edwin, 1776 - 1841
Copy after: Edward Savage, 26 Nov 1761 - 6 Jul 1817
Sitter: John Adams, 30 Oct 1735 - 4 Jul 1826
Place: United States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/Philadelphia
Medium: Line and stipple engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 33.6cm x 23.6cm (13 1/4" x 9 5/16")
Sheet: 34.9cm x 25.2cm (13 3/4" x 9 15/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Legislators
Arts and Culture
Literature
Congressmen
Writers
Government
Diplomacy
Portraits
Continental congressman
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Men
Signer of Declaration
Public officers
Politics
Vice-Presidents
Diplomats
Presidents
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States of America
Benjamin Franklin
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1789
Artist: Jean-François Janinet, 1752 - 1 Nov 1814
Copy after: Joseph Siffred Duplessis, 22 Sep 1725 - 1 Apr 1802
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
Place: France/Île-de-France/Ville de Paris, Départment de/Paris
Medium: Hand-colored mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 31.6cm x 21cm (12 7/16" x 8 1/4")
Sheet: 40cm x 32.4cm (15 3/4" x 12 3/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Estate of William Woodville, VIII
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
Business and Finance
Legislators
Arts and Culture
Writers
Printer
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Signer of Declaration
Public officers
Diplomats
Literature
Congressmen
Government
Diplomacy
Portraits
Tradesman
Continental congressman
Science and Technology
Inventors
Men
Philanthropists
Politics
Scientists
Postmasters
F. Suvée sculp. 1789.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
Né à Boston le 17 Janvier 1706.
Avec Privil. du Roi.
A Paris chez Vauclerc, rue Haute-Feuille, N° 5.
Le Docteur Francklin Couronné par la Liberté
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1778
Artist: Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non, 1727 - 1791
Copy after: Jean Honore Fragonard, 1732 - 1806
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
Place: France
Medium: Aquatint on paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 24.3 x 20.5 cm (9 9/16 x 8 1/16")
Sheet: 27.2 x 22.6 cm (10 3/4 x 8 7/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
Business and Finance
Legislators
Arts and Culture
Clouds
Writers
Home Furnishings
Liberty
Printer
Allegorical
Printed Material
Symbols & Motifs
Symbolic Figure
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Globe
Signer of Declaration
Public officers
Emblems
Diplomats
Nature
Wreath
Olive branch
Literature
Congressmen
Government
Diplomacy
Fasces
Scroll
Portraits
Ecology
Plants
Tradesman
Laurel wreath
Continental congressman
Science and Technology
Inventors
Men
Philanthropists
Putti
Politics
Scientists
Postmasters
Le Docteur Francklin Couronné par la Liberté.
Dagonard
John Jeffries
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1786
Artist: Caroline Watson, 1760 - 1814
Copy after: John Russell, 1745 - 1806
Sitter: John Jeffries, 5 Feb 1744 - 16 Sep 1819
Medium: Stipple engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 10.6 × 8 cm (4 3/16 × 3 1/8")
Sheet/Mount: 25.3 × 19.2 cm (9 15/16 × 7 9/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Medical personnel
Fur
Physicians
Portraits
Lecturer
Air pilots
Educators
Headgear
Science and Technology
Medicine and Health
Costume
Men
Hats
Education and Scholarship
Barometer
Balloonists
J. Russell pinx t Crayon Painter to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Caroline Watson sculp t Engraver to her Majesty.
JOHN JEFFRIES M.D.
*We appear'd at this time to be about three quarters of the distance towards the French shore; and we had fallen so low as to be beneath the plane of the French Cliffs.
— We were then preparing to get up into our Slings, when I found the Mercury in the Barometer again falling, & looking around, soon observ'd that we were rising, & that the pleasing View of France was enlarging & opening to us every moment, as we ascended, so as to overlook the high grounds.
* D r JEFFRIES NARRATIVE, — SECOND VOYAGE.
Publish'd according to Act of parliament, April 3 d 1786, by James Robson, Bond Street.
George Washington
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: c. 1800
Artist: Enoch G. Gridley, active 1801 - 1818
Copy after: John Coles, Jr., 1776/80 - 1854
Edward Savage, 26 Nov 1761 - 6 Jul 1817 (Printmaker)
Sitter: George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Medium: Etching, engraving and stipple engraving on laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 33.8 x 22.5cm (13 5/16 x 8 7/8")
Sheet: 34.9 x 24cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16")
Mat: 55.9 x 40.6cm (22 x 16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Soldiers
Shield
Natural resources commerce
Home Furnishings
Human Figures
Weapons
Military and Intelligence
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Public officers
Angels
Rifle
Congressional Gold Medal
Farmers
Firearms
Plants
Civilian awards
Trumpets
Liberty cap
Men
Putti
Funereal
Cannon
Artwork
Containers
Headdresses
Urn
Musical instruments
Symbols & Motifs
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Tomb
Presidents
Nature
Wreath
Government
Cannonball
Religion
Portraits
Ecology
Headgear
Laurel wreath
Science and Technology
Agriculturists
Surveyors
Costume
Music
Bayonet
Hats
Garland
Politics
Spear
Officer
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Jonas Phillips
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: c. 1790
Artist: Unidentified Artist
Sitter: Jonas Phillips, 1736 - 29 Jan 1803
Medium: Oil on wood panel
Dimensions: 35.6 x 27.3 cm (14 x 10 3/4")
Frame: 53.3 × 45.1 × 5.7 cm (21 × 17 3/4 × 2 1/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Merchants
Businessperson
Men
Portraits
Provenance: Mrs. Amelia Mayhoff, descendant; (Argosy Gallery, New York); purchased c. 1953 by Mark Bortman, Boston; his daughter, Jane Bortman Larus, Sarasota, Flor.; purchased 1997 NPG
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John Rutledge
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: c. 1791
Attribution: John Trumbull, 6 Jun 1756 - 10 Nov 1843
Sitter: John Rutledge, 1739 - 18 Jul 1800
Medium: Oil on mahogany panel
Dimensions: Sight: 8.6 x 7.6cm (3 3/8 x 3")
Frame: 17.5 x 16.5 x 3.8cm (6 7/8 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Justice
Statesman
Government
Chief Justice of US
Men
Portraits
Politics
Law and Crime
Judges
US Supreme Court Justice
Signer of Constitution
Provenance: (Christie’s East, New York, June 23, 1995, lot 25: “Property from an East Coast Educational Institution”); Purchased with Marvin Sadik (Samuel Herrup, Sheffield, Mass.); purchased 1997 NPG
Mark L. ... died ... 17...
Benjamin Franklin
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: c. 1790
Artist: Unidentified Artist
Copy after: Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
Medium: Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 46.7 x 35.1 cm (18 3/8 x 13 13/16")
Sheet: 52.1 x 36 cm (20 1/2 x 14 1/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
Business and Finance
Legislators
Arts and Culture
Writers
Dress accessories
Quill
Home Furnishings
Printer
Eyeglasses
Design
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Signer of Declaration
Public officers
Diplomats
Interior with Exterior View
Literature
Congressmen
Government
Diplomacy
Interior decoration
Portraits
Tradesman
Drafting & Writing Implements
Furnishings
Continental congressman
Science and Technology
Inventors
Costume
Men
Philanthropists
Politics
Scientists
Pens
Postmasters
Le Tombeau de Voltaire
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1779
Attribution: Charles Macret, 1751 - 1789
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
Jean le Rond d'Alembert, 1717 - 1783
Catherine II, 2 Mar 1729 - 6 Nov 1796
Place: France/Île-de-France/Ville de Paris, Départment de/Paris
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 26 × 36.5 cm (10 1/4 × 14 3/8")
Sheet: 29.5 × 40.5 cm (11 5/8 × 15 15/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
Business and Finance
Funereal
Legislators
Arts and Culture
Writers
Dress accessories
Printer
Eyeglasses
Allegorical
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Empress
Tomb
Signer of Declaration
Public officers
Diplomats
Nature
Trees
Women
Fur
Literature
Congressmen
Government
Diplomacy
Portraits
Ecology
Philosopher
Plants
Tradesman
Ruler
Mathematician
Headgear
Continental congressman
Science and Technology
Inventors
Costume
Palm
Philanthropists
Hats
Politics
Education and Scholarship
Scientists
Church buildings
Postmasters
LE TOMBEAU DE VOLTAIRE  Dédié à Madame la Marquise de Villette, Dame de Ferney
Auprès d'un Portique claustral et gothique, on voit un tombeau et une Pyramide élevés aux mânes du Chantre de Henri. Les quatre Parties de la Terre personnifiées savoir, l'Europe par l'illustre d'Alembert; l'Asie par Catherine II. Impératrice des Russies, l'Afrique par le Souverain et savant Prince Oronoco; et l'Amérique par le docte et libérateur Franklin. Ces Souverains et Génies, après avoir repandu des larmes sur la tombe de ce Pere des beaux Arts, se préparaient à l'orner de Couronnes et de Palmes, lorsque tout à coup ils se sentent repoussés par le ténébrare et impitoyable Préjugé de l'ignorance, qui armé de verges et soutenu par des ailes infernales, s'élance de son antre, et veut s'opposer à l'hommage que viennent lui rendre les quatre Parties du Monde. Ce Monument en laisse découvrir un autre dans le lointain; c'est celui du Philosophe Genevois qui repose dans l'Isle des Peupliers que lui a consacré l'amitié: plusieurs Personnes de tous âges expriment par leurs actions, la philosophie de son Emile.
Je vend à Paris chez Albert N o 4 d'Estampes, au Palais Royal. Et chez le Noir N o du Cabinet des Estampes du Roi, à l'œuvre.
Carter Braxton
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: c. 1775
Artist: Unidentified Artist
Sitter: Carter Braxton, 10 Sep 1736 - 10 Oct 1797
Medium: Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions: Frame: 6 x 4.1 x 0.8cm (2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 5/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Planter
Colonial statesman
Agriculturists
Statesman
Government
Men
Signer of Declaration
Natural resources commerce
Portraits
Politics
Provenance: Douglas M. Braxton; his wife Frances T. Braxton [Mrs. Douglas M. Braxton]; their son James Philips Braxton, Richmond; her grandson Douglas M. Braxton II; purchased 1998 NPG
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George Washington
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Medal
Date: 1793
Artist: Unidentified Artist
Sitter: George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Medium: Silver, with engraved decoration
Dimensions: 15.6 x 10.8 x 0.3cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 1/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Betty A. and Lloyd G. Schermer
Topics: Business and Finance
Congressional Gold Medal
Farmers
Government
Natural resources commerce
Portraits
Civilian awards
Science and Technology
Colonial statesman
Agriculturists
Statesman
Surveyors
Peace medal
Military and Intelligence
Men
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Public officers
Politics
Medal
Presidents
Officer
GEORGE WASHINGTON
PRESIDENT
1793
Thomas Jefferson
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Medal
Date: 1801
Artist: Robert Scott, active 1781 - 1820
Sitter: Thomas Jefferson, 13 Apr 1743 - 4 Jul 1826
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 10.3 × 0.6 cm (4 1/16 × 1/4")
Larger hanging ring: 1.9 cm (3/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Betty A. and Lloyd G. Schermer
Topics: Business and Finance
Legislators
Art
Arts and Culture
Architects
Natural resources commerce
Secretary of State
Governors
Founder
Universities
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Signer of Declaration
Public officers
Vice-Presidents
Diplomats
Presidents
Minister
Cabinet member
Congressmen
Farmers
Government
Diplomacy
Portraits
Lawyers
Continental congressman
Science and Technology
Agriculturists
Inventors
Peace medal
Men
Law and Crime
Politics
Education and Scholarship
Medal
PEACE
AND
FRIENDSHIP
James Madison
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Medal
Date: 1809 (struck 1814-15)
Artist: John Reich, 1768 - 1833
Sitter: James Madison, 16 Mar 1751 - 28 Jun 1836
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Coin: 7.6 × 0.3 cm (3 × 1/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Betty A. and Lloyd G. Schermer
Topics: Legislators
Cabinet member
Congressmen
Arts and Culture
Literature
Writers
Government
Essayist
Portraits
Lawyers
Secretary of State
Signer of Constitution
Continental congressman
Statesman
Peace medal
Men
Public officers
Law and Crime
Politics
Medal
Presidents
JAMES MADISON PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A.D.1809
PEACE
AND
FRIENDSHIP
George III
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Medal
Date: 1814
Artist: Thomas Wyon, II, 1792 - 1817
Sitter: George III, King of England, 1738 - 1820
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 7.6 × 0.5 cm (3 × 3/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Betty A. and Lloyd G. Schermer
Topics: King
Government
Peace medal
Men
Portraits
Politics
Medal
Ruler
Rufus King
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Silhouette
Date: c. 1810
Attribution: William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845
Sitter: Rufus King, 24 Mar 1755 - 29 Apr 1827
Medium: Ink with white paint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 8 x 4.5 cm. (3 1/8 x 1 3/4")
Sheet: 11.8 x 9.6 cm. (4 11/16 x 3 3/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Carol F. Jopling
Topics: Legislators
Vice-Presidential Candidate
Government
Diplomacy
Portraits
Lawyers
Signer of Constitution
Statesman
Men
Senators
Public officers
Politics
Law and Crime
Diplomats
Minister
Rufus King Esq.
Marquis de Lafayette
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: c. 1782
Artist: Nicolas Eustache Maurin, 1799 - 1850
Sitter: Marquis de Lafayette, 6 Sep 1757 - 20 May 1834
Medium: Ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 53.9 x 35.4cm (21 1/4 x 13 15/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Nature
Trees
Headdresses
Portraits
Ecology
Plants
Headgear
Vehicles
Landscapes
Ships
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)
Costume
Walking stick
Military and Intelligence
Men
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Hats
Officer
LAFAYETTE.
Lith. de Villain.
Chez l'Editeur, rue Richer, n. 15.
Genius of America welcoming Lafayette
Thomas McKean
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1803
Artist: David Edwin, 1776 - 1841
Copy after: Gilbert Stuart, 3 Dec 1755 - 9 Jul 1828
Sitter: Thomas McKean, 19 Mar 1734 - 24 Jun 1817
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 40.9 x 33cm (16 1/8 x 13")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Justice
Legislators
Society of the Cincinnati
Governors
State Supreme Court Justice
Design
Symbols & Motifs
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Column
Signer of Declaration
Public officers
Hair Accessory
Congressmen
Architecture
Government
Interior decoration
Coat of arms
Portraits
Lawyers
Heraldic motif
Continental congressman
Wig
Costume
Men
Law and Crime
Politics
Judges
Medal
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Thomas Jefferson
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: 1786
Artist: Mather Brown, 7 Oct 1761 - 25 May 1831
Sitter: Thomas Jefferson, 13 Apr 1743 - 4 Jul 1826
Place: United Kingdom/England/Greater London/London
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Stretcher: 90.8 × 72.4 cm (35 3/4 × 28 1/2")
Frame: 102.4 × 81.9 × 8.3 cm (40 5/16 × 32 1/4 × 3 1/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Charles Francis Adams; frame conserved with funds from the Smithsonian Women's Committee
Topics: Business and Finance
Legislators
Art
Artwork
Arts and Culture
Architects
Papers
Natural resources commerce
Statues
Secretary of State
Liberty
Governors
Founder
Printed Material
Universities
Design
Symbols & Motifs
Symbolic Figure
Colonial statesman
Sculpture
Statesman
Signer of Declaration
Public officers
Vice-Presidents
Diplomats
Presidents
Minister
Cabinet member
Congressmen
Farmers
Government
Diplomacy
Interior decoration
Portraits
Lawyers
Continental congressman
Science and Technology
Agriculturists
Inventors
Men
Law and Crime
Politics
Education and Scholarship
Provenance: John Adams; by descent to Charles Francis Adams, Dover, Mass.; bequest to NPG 1999
See David Meschutt, “The Adams-Jefferson Portrait Exchange,” American Art Journal, Spring 1982, 53-4, n. 47
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Margaret Whetten Dean
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Sculpture
Date: c. 1800
Artist: Unidentified Artist
Sitter: Margaret Whetten Dean, 23 Aug 1760 - 21 Dec 1851
Medium: Pigmented wax and oil paint on glass
Dimensions: 11.5cm (4 1/2")
Frame: 19.1 x 15.9 x 3.8cm (7 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 1 1/2")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Elizabeth Dean Gray Wroth
Topics: Women
Books and reading
Sculpture
Costume
Portraits
Hats
Mobcap
Relief
Headgear
Printed Material
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Samuel Griffin
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: 1770
Artist: Cosmo John Alexander, 1724 - 1772
Possibly: Samuel Griffin, 1746 - 1810
Formerly identified as: Cyrus Griffin, 1748 - 1810
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 76.2 x 63.5 cm (30 x 25")
Stretcher: 76.4 × 63.2 × 2.9 cm (30 1/16 × 24 7/8 × 1 1/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Alice Dulany Ball
Topics: Military and Intelligence
Men
Portraits
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Officer
Exhibition Label: Born Richmond County, Virginia
The attorney and legislator Samuel Griffin is best known for his role in changing the course of the Revolutionary War. In December 1776, while serving as aide-de-camp to General Charles Lee, Griffin distracted enemy troops by leading several hundred militia and Virginia regulars into Mount Holly, New Jersey. His diversion allowed General George Washington to cross the Delaware River, which resulted in the Continental Army’s first major victory at the Battle of Trenton.
Born into privilege, Griffin had studied classics and law prior to admission to the Virginia bar. He was twenty-four years old when the Scottish portraitist Cosmo Alexander painted him in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he later served as mayor (1779–80) and engaged in the slave trade. As a Federalist, Griffin represented Williamsburg in the Virginia Assembly (1786–88). He also served in the first three Federal Congresses (1789–95) but missed a quarter of the roll calls votes.
Nacido en Richmond County, Virginia
Al abogado y legislador Samuel Griffin se le conoce por contribuir a cambiar el curso de la Guerra de Independencia. En diciembre de 1776, siendo ayudante de campo del general Charles Lee, Griffin lideró a varios cientos de milicianos y regulares de Virginia hasta Mount Holly, Nueva Jersey, para distraer al enemigo. Esto permitió al general George Washington cruzar el río Delaware, logrando la primera gran victoria del Ejército Continental en la Batalla de Trenton.
De familia privilegiada, Griffin estudió literatura clásica y derecho, e ingresó al colegio de abogados de Virginia. A sus 24 años, el retratista escocés Cosmo Alexander lo pintó en Williamsburg, Virginia, donde luego fue alcalde (1779–80) y practicó el comercio de esclavos. Como federalista, Griffin representó a Williamsburg en la Asamblea de Virginia (1786–88). También sirvió en los primeros tres Congresos Federales (1789–95), pero no asistió a una cuarta parte de las votaciones nominales.
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Joseph Deville de Goutin Bellechasse
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Silhouette
Date: 1804
Artist: William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845
Sitter: Joseph Deville de Goutin Bellechasse, 1760 - 1850
Medium: Cut coated paper mounted on paper
Dimensions: Image (approx): 7.9 × 7 cm (3 1/8 × 2 3/4")
Book closed: 47.3 × 34.9 × 4.8 cm (18 5/8 × 13 3/4 × 1 7/8")
Book open: 47.3 × 66.7 × 4.8 cm (18 5/8 × 26 1/4 × 1 7/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Sarah Bache Bloise
Topics: Cut-out
Soldiers
Alderman
Books and reading
Government
Portraits
Silhouette
Albums
Public official
Military and Intelligence
Men
Public officers
Politics
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