RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
Thomas Jefferson
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1807
Attribution: John Norman, c. 1748 - 1817
Sitter: Thomas Jefferson, 13 Apr 1743 - 4 Jul 1826
George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 37.9 × 44 cm (14 15/16 × 17 5/16")
Sheet: 40.3 × 45.2 cm (15 7/8 × 17 13/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Legislators
Natural resources commerce
Secretary of State
Founder
Vehicles
Military and Intelligence
Signer of Declaration
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Public officers
Angels
Vice-Presidents
Diplomats
Minister
Trees
Sailing ships
Congressional Gold Medal
Cabinet member
Farmers
Congressmen
Imaginary
Plants
Civilian awards
Inventors
Men
Putti
Education and Scholarship
Art
Arts and Culture
Architects
Headdresses
Eagles
Governors
Universities
Symbols & Motifs
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Ships
Presidents
Nature
Government
Diplomacy
Religion
Birds
Portraits
Ecology
Lawyers
Headgear
Continental congressman
Science and Technology
Crown
Animals
Agriculturists
Surveyors
Costume
Politics
Law and Crime
Officer
EXPLANATION.
In the Center is the Goddess of Liberty sitting on the Globe supporting on her knee with one Hand the Portrait of THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States . with the other she is pointing him out as the Favorite of the People . Round Her head are the sixteen Stars to represent the different States . On the Monument is the Portrait of the late General GEORGE WASHINGTON . The eyes of the Goddess are fixed thereon in remembrance of past services . The rays of glory from the sixteen Stars strike their splendid beams on each Portrait . The emblems of Monarchy are under the foot of the Goddess . At the foot of the Monument is the Genius of Peace, presenting the Olive Branch to the Portrait of Gen. Washington . The Genius of Gratitude is crowning him with Laurels . The Back Ground is distinguished by the Rays of Glory, shining on a Vessel at a distance, to denote the protection of Commerce . The Supporters to the Work are :
N o 1 Britannia N o 2 Neptune
N o 3 Fame N o 4 Abundance
Marquis De Lafayette
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1781
Artist: Noël Le Mire, 1724 - 1801
Copy after: Jean Baptiste Le Paon, 1738 - 1785
Sitter: Marquis de Lafayette, 6 Sep 1757 - 20 May 1834
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 42.3 x 32.1cm (16 5/8 x 12 5/8")
Sheet: 49.8 x 36.5cm (19 5/8 x 14 3/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Nature
Dress accessories
Portraits
Ecology
Servant
Headgear
Animals
Human Figures
Weapons
Swords
Costume
Military and Intelligence
Men
Horses
Feather
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Hats
Officer
Peint par L. le Dan, Directeur de l'Académie de St. Petersbourg, et gravé par J. A. Le Bas, Directeur de l'Académie de St. Petersbourg.
Gravé par M. Le Bas, de l'Académie Impériale et Royale, et de celle des Sciences et Arts de St. Petersbourg.
CONCLUSION DE LA CAMPAGNE DE 1781 EN VIRGINIE. LE MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE,  Maréchal de Camp des Armées du Roi, et Commandant de la Garde Nationale Parisienne.
L'Amérique étoit asservie,                      Ses succès au delà des Mers Ce Héros vint briser ses fers;                      Présageoient ceux de la Patrie.
Cette Estampe se vend avec Privilège du Roi, à Paris chez Le Mire, rue et Porte S t Jacques N o 122.
Theodore Sedgwick
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1813
Artist: John Rubens Smith, 1775 - 1849
Copy after: Henry Williams
Gilbert Stuart, 3 Dec 1755 - 9 Jul 1828
Sitter: Theodore Sedgwick, 9 May 1746 - 24 Jan 1813
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 8.8 × 7.8 cm (3 7/16 × 3 1/16")
Sheet: 20.9 × 12.8 cm (8 1/4 × 5 1/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Justice
Legislators
Congressmen
Government
Portraits
Lawyers
State Supreme Court Justice
Speaker of the House
Continental congressman
Statesman
Men
Senators
Public officers
Law and Crime
Politics
Judges
Hon. Theodore Sedgwick.
Am. Mass
1747-1813
John Adams
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: c. 1798
Artist: George Graham, active 1786 - 1813
Sitter: John Adams, 30 Oct 1735 - 4 Jul 1826
Medium: Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 44.1 x 33.5cm (17 3/8 x 13 3/16")
Sheet: 50.2 x 35.5cm (19 3/4 x 14")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Legislators
Arts and Culture
Writers
Papers
Home Furnishings
Printed Material
Design
Colonial statesman
Weapons
Statesman
Swords
Signer of Declaration
Tables
Public officers
Drape
Vice-Presidents
Diplomats
Presidents
Literature
Congressmen
Government
Diplomacy
Interior decoration
Portraits
Furnishings
Continental congressman
Men
Politics
[None]
Thomas Paine
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1792
Artist: Auguste Samdoz, 1792 - 1793?
Copy after: Francois Bonneville
Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827
Sitter: Thomas Paine, 29 Jan 1737 - 8 Jun 1809
Medium: Stipple and line engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 9.6 × 7.6 cm (3 3/4 × 3")
Sheet: 27.5 × 17.8 cm (10 13/16 × 7")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
Arts and Culture
Literature
Writers
Government
Magazine editor
Portraits
Reformers
Science and Technology
Statesman
Inventors
Humanitarianism
Men
Politics
Journalism and Media
THOMAS PAINE.
Secrétaire du Congrès au département des affaires étrangères, pendant la guerre d'Amérique, auteur du Sens commun, et des réponses à BURKE. Député à la Convention Nationale par le Département du Pas de Calais, l'an 1. er de la République
Rue du Théâtre Français N. o 4.
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Samuel Seabury
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: 1785
Artist: Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801
Sitter: Samuel Seabury, 30 Nov 1729 - 25 Feb 1796
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Stretcher: 91.4 x 71.1 x 2.5cm (36 x 28 x 1")
Frame: 109.2 x 90.2 x 8.9cm (43 x 35 1/2 x 3 1/2")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Lispenard Seabury Crocker
Topics: Bishop
Books and reading
Religion and Spirituality
Prelate
Men
Portraits
Clergy
Printed Material
Provenance: The sitter; his son Rev. Charles Seabury; his son Rev. Samuel Seabury; his daughter Lydia Seabury Bell; her son Samuel Seabury bell; his niece Lydia Slade Wilson; purchased in 1940 by her first cousin once removed Lispenard Seabury Crocker [Mrs. Edward S. Crocker], New York, descendant; bequest to NPG 1984
[None]
George Clinton
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: c. 1806
Attribution: James Sharples, Jr., c. 1788 - 1839
Other attribution: Felix Thomas Sharples, c. 1786 - 1835?
Former attribution: James Sharples, c. 1751 - 26 Feb 1811
Sitter: George Clinton, 26 Jul 1739 - 20 Apr 1812
Medium: Pastel on paper
Dimensions: 30.5cm x 25.4cm (12" x 10"), Accurate
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Charles N. Andreae
Topics: Legislators
Interior with Exterior View
Congressmen
Government
Interior decoration
Papers
Portraits
Home Furnishings
Governors
Furnishings
Printed Material
Continental congressman
Design
Brigadier General
Chairs
Seating
Military and Intelligence
Men
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Public officers
Politics
Drape
Vice-Presidents
Officer
[None]
John Sergeant
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: 1811
Artist: Thomas Sully, 19 Jun 1783 - 5 Nov 1872
Sitter: John Sergeant, 5 Dec 1779 - 25 Nov 1852
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 82.5cm x 66cm (32 1/2" x 26"), Accurate
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Craig Wylie
Topics: Legislators
Congressmen
Vice-Presidential Candidate
Government
Letters
Papers
Portraits
Home Furnishings
Lawyers
Furnishings
Printed Material
Chairs
Seating
Men
Public officers
Law and Crime
Politics
Provenance: Angela Wylie [Mrs. Craig Wylie] Cambridge, Mass.; gift 1984 to NPG
[None]
Washington in His Last Illness
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1800
Artist: Unidentified Artist
Sitter: George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Medium: Hand-colored etching with watercolor on paper
Dimensions: Image: 25.4 x 24.3cm (10 x 9 9/16")
Sheet: 30.1 × 24.9cm (11 7/8 × 9 13/16")
Mat: 45.7 x 35.6cm (18 x 14")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Containers
Pocket watch
Natural resources commerce
Alcohol
Jewelry
Home Furnishings
Symbols & Motifs
Colonial statesman
Bottle
Statesman
Military and Intelligence
Watch
Tables
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Public officers
Beverage
Presidents
Food
Bed
Congressional Gold Medal
Farmers
Government
Portraits
Civilian awards
Heraldic motif
Decanter
Furnishings
Science and Technology
Agriculturists
Surveyors
Costume
Men
Seal
Politics
Pillow
Officer
G. WASHINGTON in his last Illness attended by Doc rs Craik and Brown
Americans behold & shed a grateful Tear | And now is departing into the realms above For a man who has gained yo r freedom most dear | Where he may ever rest in lasting peace & love
George Washington
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1801
Attribution: George Graham, active 1786 - 1813
Copy after: Gilbert Stuart, 3 Dec 1755 - 9 Jul 1828
Publisher: Atkins And Nightingale
Sitter: George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Medium: Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 62.8 x 44.5 cm (24 3/4 x 17 1/2")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Books and reading
Papers
Natural resources commerce
Quill
Home Furnishings
Printed Material
Colonial statesman
Weapons
Statesman
Chairs
Swords
Column
Seating
Military and Intelligence
Curtain
Tables
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Public officers
Presidents
Congressional Gold Medal
Farmers
Architecture
Government
Portraits
Civilian awards
Drafting & Writing Implements
Furnishings
Science and Technology
Agriculturists
Surveyors
Men
Politics
Pens
Officer
Published July 1 st 1788, by Askins & Nightingale, No. 100, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
GENERAL WASHINGTON.
From the original Picture in Philadelphia.
Alexander Wilson
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1814
Artist: John James Barralet, 1747 - 1815
Sitter: Alexander Wilson, 6 Jul 1766 - 23 Aug 1813
Medium: Stipple and line engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 12.5 x 9.9cm (4 15/16 x 3 7/8")
Sheet: 23.2 x 20.3cm (9 1/8 x 8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Arts and Culture
Literature
Writers
Scientific writer
Portraits
Biology
Firearms
Founder
Printed Material
Science and Technology
Weapons
Ornithologist
Men
Education and Scholarship
Scientists
Rifle
Zoologist
Schools
Poets
Drawn & Engraved by J. T. Barnard.
ALEXANDER WILSON, Author of the American Ornithology. Native of Paisley Scotland died 1813 aged 45.
Entered according to Act of Congress, the ... Nov. 1814, by J. T. Barnard of the State of Pennsylvania.
Benjamin Rush
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1800
Artist: Edward Savage, 26 Nov 1761 - 6 Jul 1817
Sitter: Benjamin Rush, 4 Jan 1746 - 19 Apr 1813
Medium: Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 56.4 × 44.2 cm (22 3/16 × 17 3/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
Legislators
Congressmen
Arts and Culture
Literature
Writers
Government
Physicians
Portraits
Educators
Reformers
Continental congressman
Colonial statesman
Medicine and Health
Statesman
Humanitarianism
Men
Signer of Declaration
Public officers
Politics
Education and Scholarship
Medical writer
[None]
Rubens Peale
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: 1807
Artist: Rembrandt Peale, 22 Feb 1778 - 3 Oct 1860
Sitter: Rubens Peale, 1784 - 1865
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Stretcher: 66.7 x 54.6cm (26 1/4 x 21 1/2")
Frame: 82.9 x 70.5 x 5.1cm (32 5/8 x 27 3/4 x 2")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Mrs. James Burd Peale Green
Topics: Art
Arts and Culture
Painters
Visual arts administrator
Dress accessories
Portraits
Home Furnishings
Art museum administrator
Biology
Botanist
Eyeglasses
Furnishings
Naturalists
Science and Technology
Chairs
Seating
Costume
Men
Scientists
Artists
Provenance: Mary G. [Mrs. James] Green, Rego Park, N.Y.; purchase NPG 1986
1821
James Biddle
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Medal
Date: 1815
Artist: Moritz Furst, Mar 1782 - after 1841
Sitter: James Biddle, 18 Feb 1783 - 1 Oct 1848
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 6.5 × 0.6 cm (2 9/16 × 1/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Marc Montefusco
Topics: Congressional Gold Medal
Ships
Costume
Military and Intelligence
Men
Dress accessories
Portraits
Civilian awards
Vehicles
Officer
David Wiley
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: c. 1801
Artist: Charles Peale Polk, 17 Mar 1767 - 6 May 1822
Sitter: David Wiley, c. 1768 - c. 1813
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Sight: 90.2 x 64.8cm (35 1/2 x 25 1/2")
Frame: 111.8 x 83.8 x 8.9cm (44 x 33 x 3 1/2")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Merchants
Arts and Culture
Literature
Businessperson
Portraits
Home Furnishings
Educators
Furnishings
Science and Technology
Scientific apparatus
Chairs
Surveyors
Religion and Spirituality
Seating
Editors
Men
Education and Scholarship
Drape
Librarian
Clergy
Minister
Provenance: (Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia); purchased 1987 NPG
[None]
Benjamin Franklin
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: c. 1785
Artist: 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: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Stretcher: 72.4 x 59.7 x 3.8cm (28 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 1 1/2")
Frame: 92.7 x 80 x 8.3cm (36 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 3 1/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
Business and Finance
Legislators
Arts and Culture
Writers
Home Furnishings
Printer
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Chairs
Seating
Signer of Declaration
Public officers
Diplomats
Literature
Congressmen
Government
Diplomacy
Portraits
Tradesman
Furnishings
Continental congressman
Science and Technology
Inventors
Men
Philanthropists
Politics
Scientists
Postmasters
Exhibition Label: Born Boston, Massachusetts
During his time, Benjamin Franklin was the most famous American in the world. He remains highly visible today as the face on the $100 bill; this portrait was selected as the basis for that engraving in 1995.
Franklin represented colonial interests in England from 1757 to 1775. Upon his return, he was unanimously elected to represent Pennsylvania at the Second Continental Congress. Behind him was a lifetime of achievement as a printer, an unsurpassed author of wit and wisdom, an inventor, and a scientist. Ahead were his roles as a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a member of the Constitutional Convention. In between was his triumph as a diplomat in France (1776–85), where this portrait was commissioned by Madame Brillon de Jouy. In a letter, she praised Franklin for his sound moral teaching and lively imagination but found his “droll roguishness” most endearing.
Nacido en Boston, Massachusetts
En su época, Benjamin Franklin fue el estadounidense más famoso del mundo. Hoy todavía está muy presente con su imagen en los billetes de $100, y fue este retrato el que se usó como base para ese grabado en 1995.
Franklin representó los intereses de la colonia en Inglaterra entre 1757 y 1775. A su regreso fue elegido unánimemente para representar a Pensilvania en el Segundo Congreso Continental. Tenía tras de sí una vida de logros como impresor, autor de ingenio y sabiduría sin par, inventor y científico. Más tarde sería uno de los firmantes de la Declaración de Independencia y miembro de la Convención Constitucional. Mientras tanto, triunfó como diplomático en Francia (1776–85), donde Madame Brillon de Jouy encargó este retrato. En una carta, ella elogió a Franklin por sus sensatos consejos morales y su viva imaginación, si bien por otro lado habla encantada de su “graciosa picardía”.
Provenance: Sitter; gift to Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt, Mme. Brillon de Jouy [1744-1824]. Her descendant Gilles de Carpentier, Toulouse; sold through (Meredith Frapier, Paris) to NPG 1987
[None]
George Washington
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1794
Artist: Joseph Hiller, Jr., 1777 - 1795
Copy after: Joseph Wright, 16 Jul 1756 - c. 11 Oct 1793
Sitter: George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 6.6cm x 4.9cm (2 5/8" x 1 15/16")
Sheet: 9cm x 6.2cm (3 9/16" x 2 7/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Congressional Gold Medal
Farmers
Government
Natural resources commerce
Portraits
Civilian awards
Science and Technology
Colonial statesman
Agriculturists
Statesman
Surveyors
Military and Intelligence
Men
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Public officers
Politics
Presidents
Officer
J. Miller sculp. 1794.
John Hancock
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1775
Artist: Joseph Hiller, Sr., 1748 - 1814
Copy after: John Singleton Copley, 3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815
Sitter: John Hancock, 12 Jan 1737 - 8 Oct 1793
Medium: Hand-colored mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 22.7 x 20.3cm (8 15/16 x 8")
Sheet: 25.1 x 20.3cm (9 7/8 x 8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Merchants
Government
Businessperson
Portraits
Governors
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Tassel
Men
Signer of Declaration
Public officers
Politics
Jos. Hiller fecit.
THE HON. BLE JOHN HANCOCK EsQ. R President of the Continental Congress.
William Wirt
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: c. 1809-10
Artist: Cephas Thompson, 1 Jul 1775 - 6 Nov 1856
Former attribution: John Vanderlyn, 15 Oct 1775 - 23 Sep 1852
Sitter: William Wirt, 8 Nov 1772 - 18 Feb 1834
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Frame: 107 x 90.2 x 8.9cm (42 1/8 x 35 1/2 x 3 1/2")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: US Attorney General
Presidential candidate
Legislators
Cabinet member
Arts and Culture
Literature
Writers
Government
Portraits
Lawyers
Men
Public officers
Law and Crime
Politics
Provenance: A descendant of sitter’s wife Elizabeth Washington Wirt; (C.G. Sloan & Co., North Bethesda Md., 31 March - 2 April 1989, lot 2524) [as attributed to Vanderlyn]; purchased NPG
According to Sloan’s, owner was a Virginia descendant of Elizabeth Washington Wirt.
[None]
John Hancock
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1775
Artist: William Smith, 1750? - 1825?
Copy after: John Singleton Copley, 3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815
Sitter: John Hancock, 12 Jan 1737 - 8 Oct 1793
Medium: Hand-colored mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: image: 31.5cm x 24.9cm (12 3/8" x 9 13/16"), Accurate
Sheet: 35.2cm x 24.9cm (13 7/8" x 9 13/16"), Accurate
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Colonial statesman
Merchants
Statesman
Government
Businessperson
Men
Signer of Declaration
Portraits
Public officers
Politics
Governors
Published as the Act directs, Sept. 4 th 1773
W. Smith sculp.
Copeley pins.
THE HON BLE JOHN HANCOCK ESQ R
late GOVERNOR of BOSTON in North America
Done from an Original Picture in the Possession of Capt. James Scott
Published by John Scott N o 4 Middle Row Holborn.
Charles Willson Peale Self-Portrait
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: c. 1791
Artist: Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827
Sitter: Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Frame: 84.8 x 72.1 x 7.3cm (33 3/8 x 28 3/8 x 2 7/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; frame conserved with funds from the Smithsonian Women's Committee
Topics: Legislators
Art
Arts and Culture
Literature
Painters
Self-portraits
Writers
Government
Portraits
Founder
Art museum founder
Naturalists
Science and Technology
Portraitist
Military and Intelligence
Men
Public officers
Politics
Scientists
Artists
Military
Officer
Exhibition Label: Born Queen Anne’s County, Maryland
Following artistic training in London, Charles Willson Peale recrossed the Atlantic in 1769 to embark on a successful painting career, chiefly in Maryland and Pennsylvania. He is estimated to have painted over a thousand portraits of the powerful and elite. Many of Peale’s family members became distinguished artists as well.
In his mid-forties—seven years before painting this self-portrait—Peale turned his attention to creating the young republic’s first scientifically organized museum. Opened in 1786, Peale’s Philadelphia Museum was intended as a democratic site of education and entertainment, accessible to anyone with the twenty-five-cent admission price. The wide-ranging collections included portraits of famous men, models of new inventions, animals preserved by taxidermy, and fossils. The central attraction, a mastodon skeleton excavated during a scientific expedition directed by Peale, helped prove the existence of prehistoric animals.
Nacido en Queen Anne’s County, Maryland
Terminada su educación artística en Londres, Charles Willson Peale cruzó de nuevo el Atlántico en 1769 para emprender una exitosa carrera de pintor, mayormente en Maryland y Pensilvania. Se estima que pintó más de mil retratos de la élite y los poderosos. La familia de Peale incluye muchos otros artistas distinguidos.
A sus cuarenta y tantos años, siete antes de pintar este autorretrato, Peale se dedicó a crear el primer museo de la joven república organizado científicamente. Inaugurado en 1786, el Museo de Filadelfia fue creado por Peale como espacio democrático de educación y entretenimiento, accesible a cualquiera por una entrada de 25 centavos. Las variadas colecciones incluían retratos de hombres famosos, modelos de inventos nuevos, animales disecados y fósiles. La atracción central, el esqueleto de un mastodonte desenterrado en una expedición científica dirigida por Peale, ayudó a probar la existencia de los animales prehistóricos.
Provenance: A. Kenny C. Palmer, New York; purchased June 15, 1937 by Andrew Varick Stout, New York; his daughter Holly Callery, Charlotte, Vt.; (Lapham and Dibble Gallery, Inc., Shoreham, Vt.); purchased 1989 NPG
[None]
Reverend John Carroll
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: c. 1809
Artist: Unidentified Artist
Sitter: Rev. John Carroll, 8 Jan 1735 - 3 Dec 1815
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 82.5cm x 69.8cm (32 1/2" x 27 1/2"), Accurate
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Eleanor Hunt O'Donoghue
Topics: Bishop
Interior with Exterior View
Cross
Interior decoration
Religion
Portraits
Home Furnishings
Furnishings
Printed Material
Design
Chairs
Religion and Spirituality
Prelate
Seating
Men
Clergy
Provenance: Ann Carroll [Mrs. Robert Brent], sister of sitter; by family descent to Eleanor Hunt O’Donoghue, Arlington, Va.; gift 1989 NPG
[None]
Thomas Paine
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1793
Artist: William Sharp, 1749 - 1824
Copy after: George Romney, 26 Dec 1734 - 15 Nov 1802
Sitter: Thomas Paine, 29 Jan 1737 - 8 Jun 1809
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 26.2 × 21.5 cm (10 5/16 × 8 7/16")
Sheet: 37.8 × 28.2 cm (14 7/8 × 11 1/8")
Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
Arts and Culture
Literature
Writers
Government
Magazine editor
Quill
Portraits
Drafting & Writing Implements
Reformers
Printed Material
Science and Technology
Inkstand
Statesman
Inventors
Humanitarianism
Men
Politics
Journalism and Media
Pens
Romney Pinx t
W. Sharp Sculp t
THOMAS PAINE.
London Published by W. Sharp N o 8 Charles Street Midd le Hosp l April 20 1793.