RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
John Dickinson
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1793
Artist: Burnet Reading, active 1776 - 1822
Copy after: Pierre Eugène Du Simitière, c. 1736 - 1784
Publisher: William Richardson
Sitter: John Dickinson, 8 Nov 1732 - 14 Feb 1808
Medium: Stipple engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 7.4 x 6 cm (2 15/16 x 2 3/8")
Sheet: 16.5 x 14.3 cm (6 1/2 x 5 5/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Legislators
Arts and Culture
Literature
Congressmen
Writers
Government
Portraits
Lawyers
Signer of Constitution
Continental congressman
Statesman
Men
Public officers
Law and Crime
Politics
J. DICKENSON
MEMBER OF THE CONGRESS
Published April 10 1783 by W m Richardson N o 147 Strand
25-
NP6 76.43
Gurdon Saltonstall
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1797
Artist: Amos Doolittle, 1754 - 1832
Sitter: Gurdon Saltonstall, c. 27 Mar 1666 - c. 20 Sep 1724
Medium: Etching and engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 16.7 x 8.7 cm (6 9/16 x 3 7/16")
Sheet: 21.1 x 12.4 cm (8 5/16 x 4 7/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Illustration
Government
Portraits
Founder
Governors
Colonial Governor
Wig
Religion and Spirituality
Costume
Men
Public officers
Education and Scholarship
Politics
Hair Accessory
Clergy
Minister
Engraved for D r Trumbull's History of Connecticut from an Original Painting in the Museum at Yale College.
The Honorable GURDON SALTONSTALL, Esq: Governor of Connecticut, from Jan: 1707 to September 20 1724
A. Doolittle Sc. N.H.
George Washington
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1781
Artist: Valentine Green, 1739 - 1813
Copy after: John Trumbull, 6 Jun 1756 - 10 Nov 1843
Sitter: George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Medium: Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 58.1 x 40.5 cm (22 7/8 x 15 15/16")
Sheet: 66.4 x 44.8 cm (26 1/8 x 17 5/8")
Frame: 83.2 x 62.9 x 3.5 cm (32 3/4 x 24 3/4 x 1 3/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Natural resources commerce
Colonial statesman
Weapons
Statesman
Swords
Military and Intelligence
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Public officers
Presidents
Military
Nature
Congressional Gold Medal
Farmers
Government
Portraits
Ecology
Civilian awards
Headgear
Science and Technology
Landscapes
Animals
Agriculturists
Surveyors
Costume
Men
Horses
Politics
Officer
[None]
John Winthrop, Jr.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1797
Artist: Amos Doolittle, 1754 - 1832
Sitter: John Winthrop, Jr., 1605/6 - 1676
Medium: Etching and engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 16.6 x 9.2 cm (6 9/16 x 3 5/8")
Sheet: 19.2 x 12.7 cm (7 9/16 x 5")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Colonial Governor
Illustration
Government
Men
Portraits
Public officers
Politics
Governors
[None]
Benjamin Franklin
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Sculpture
Date: after 1778
Cast after: Jean-Antoine Houdon, 1741 - 1828
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
Medium: Plaster
Dimensions: 41.3 × 34.3 × 26 cm (16 1/4 × 13 1/2 × 10 1/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Joseph Hennage
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
Provenance: Joseph Hennage; gift to NPG 1976
Samuel Adams
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1775
Artist: Samuel Okey, active 1765 - 1780
Copy after: John Singleton Copley, 3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815
Sitter: Samuel Adams, 27 Sep 1722 - 2 Oct 1803
Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions: Image: 31.6 × 25 cm (12 7/16 × 9 13/16")
Sheet: 40.6 × 29 cm (16 × 11 7/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Legislators
Congressmen
Architecture
Government
Interior decoration
Portraits
Governors
Printed Material
Continental congressman
Design
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Column
Men
Signer of Declaration
Public officers
Politics
Lieutenant Governor
Class of 1775 S. Adams B.A. J. Mitchell pinx.
M C SAMUEL ADAMS.
Sam l Okey Fecit.
When haughty NORTH imprefid w th proud Disdain, Spurn'd at the Virtue, which rejects his Chain; Heard with a Tyrant-Scorn our Rights implor'd, And when we suit for Justice, sent the Sword:
Lo! ADAMS rose, in Warfare nobly try'd, His Country's Saviour, Father, Shield & Guide; Urg'd by her Wrongs, he wag'd y e glorious Strife, Nor paus'd to waste a Coward-Thought on Life.
Printed by and for Cha s Reak & Sam l Okey
Newport Rhode Island. April. 1775.
Apotheosis of Washington
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: c. 1800
Artist: David Edwin, 1776 - 1841
Copy after: Rembrandt Peale, 22 Feb 1778 - 3 Oct 1860
Sitter: George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Richard Montgomery, 2 Dec 1738 - 31 Dec 1775
Joseph Warren, 11 Jun 1741 - 17 Jun 1775
Medium: Stipple engraving on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 60.7 x 46.3 cm (23 7/8 x 18 1/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Soldiers
Arts and Culture
Clouds
Writers
Physicians
Magazine article writer
Natural resources commerce
Allegorical
Public official
Symbols & Motifs
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Military and Intelligence
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Public officers
Presidents
Nature
Wreath
Congressional Gold Medal
Farmers
Literature
Architecture
Government
Imaginary
Portraits
Ecology
Plants
Civilian awards
Patriotism
Educators
Laurel wreath
Science and Technology
Medicine and Health
Agriculturists
Surveyors
Men
Putti
Politics
Education and Scholarship
Dwellings
Officer
Painted by R. Peale.
Published by S. Kennedy N o 120 Chestnut Street, corner of 4 th Philadelphia.
Engraved by Edw.
( APOTHEOSIS ) OF ( WASHINGTON )
From the Library of Congress
John Davenport
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1797
Artist: Amos Doolittle, 1754 - 1832
Copy after: John Foster (Attribution)
Sitter: John Davenport, Apr 1597 - 15 Mar 1670
Medium: Line engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 17 x 9.4 cm (6 11/16 x 3 11/16")
Sheet: 22.1 x 13.5 cm (8 11/16 x 5 5/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Books and reading
Arts and Culture
Literature
Writers
Pastor
Portraits
Headgear
Printed Material
Religion and Spirituality
Costume
Men
Hats
Clergy
Engraved for D r Trumbull's History of Connecticut, from an Original Painting in the Museum at Yale College
The Rev d JOHN DAVENPORT, B.D. The first Minister of New Haven from 1638 until 1668.
A Doolittle Sc N.Haven
Joseph Priestley
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1797
Artist: James Sharples, c. 1751 - 26 Feb 1811
Sitter: Joseph Priestley, 13 Mar 1733 - 6 Feb 1804
Medium: Pastel on paper
Dimensions: Image/Sight: 23 × 17.8 cm (9 1/16 × 7")
Frame: 42.5 × 36.7 × 2 cm (16 3/4 × 14 7/16 × 13/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Arts and Culture
Literature
Writers
Scientific writer
Chemist
Portraits
Religious writer
Founder
Science and Technology
Religion and Spirituality
Men
Theologian
Scientists
Founder of religious order
[None None]
Paul Cuffee
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1812
Artist: Mason & Maas, active 1825 - 1875?
Copy after: John Pole, active before 1812
Sitter: Paul Cuffee, 17 Jan 1759 - 7 Sep 1817
Medium: Wood engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 16.6 × 12.4 cm (6 9/16 × 4 7/8")
Sheet: 24.6 × 20.3 cm (9 11/16 × 8")
Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14")
Frame: 47.9 × 37.8 × 3.2 cm (18 7/8 × 14 7/8 × 1 1/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
Business and Finance
Merchants
Businessperson
Transportation
Natural resources commerce
Silhouette
Industrialist
Founder
Vehicles
Sea captain
Seaman
Ships
Manufacturer
Schools
Sailing ships
Nature
Trees
Whaling master
Portraits
Ecology
Shipbuilder
Plants
Palm
Men
Philanthropists
Education and Scholarship
ENGRAVED FOR ABRAM L. PENNOCK, BY MASON & MARS.
From a Drawing by JOHN POLE, M. D. of Bristol, Eng.
Thomas Jefferson
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1800
Artist: Akin & Harrison
James Akin, c. 1773 - 1846
William Harrison, Jr., active 1797 - c. 1819
Copy after: Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827
Sitter: Thomas Jefferson, 13 Apr 1743 - 4 Jul 1826
Medium: Stipple and line engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 13.7 x 10.8 cm (5 3/8 x 4 1/4")
Plate: 17.4 x 14.3 cm (6 7/8 x 5 5/8")
Sheet: 19.8 x 15 cm (7 13/16 x 5 7/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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
Men
Law and Crime
Politics
Education and Scholarship
Painted by C.M. Peale 1791.
Engraved by Akin & Harrison Jun.
Thomas Jefferson Esq o Vice-President of the United States & President of the American Philosophical Society.
Philad a Pub. by A. & H. Jun t . Jan y 10 th 1800.
George Washington
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1783
Artist: Valentine Green, 1739 - 1813
Copy after: John Trumbull, 6 Jun 1756 - 10 Nov 1843
Sitter: George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Medium: Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions: Image: 32.2 x 25.3 cm (12 11/16 x 9 15/16")
Sheet: 38.7 x 28.5 cm (15 1/4 x 11 1/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Katie Louchheim
Topics: Business and Finance
Congressional Gold Medal
Farmers
Government
Interior decoration
Natural resources commerce
Dress accessories
Portraits
Civilian awards
Design
Science and Technology
Colonial statesman
Agriculturists
Statesman
Surveyors
Costume
Military and Intelligence
Men
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Public officers
Politics
Presidents
Officer
Painted by J. Trumbull Esq. of Connecticut.
Engraved by V. Green, Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty & to the Elector Palatine.
GENERAL WASHINGTON.
Published June 3 d 1783 by V. Green N o 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street & Sold by J. Bryan, Printseller, N o 7, Charing Cross, London.
George Washington
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1795
Artist: Robert Field, 1769? - 1819
Copy after: Walter Robertson, c. 1750 - 1802
John James Barralet, 1747 - 1815
Sitter: George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Medium: Stipple engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 27.9 x 22.9 cm (11 x 9")
Plate: 32.2 x 23.2 cm (12 11/16 x 9 1/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Clouds
Natural resources commerce
Dress accessories
Eagles
Symbols & Motifs
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Military and Intelligence
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Public officers
Presidents
Nature
Congressional Gold Medal
Farmers
Government
Banner
Birds
Portraits
Ecology
Flags
Civilian awards
Science and Technology
Animals
Agriculturists
Surveyors
Costume
Men
Politics
Officer
Jos. J. Barrolet Invent. 1793.
Painted by W. Robertson.
Engraved by R. Field.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES.
B 169
Published by Walter Robertson, Philadelphia & New York 12 August 1793.
Phillis Wheatley (frontispiece to "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral")
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Book
Date: 1773
Artist: Unidentified Artist
Sitter: Phillis Wheatley, c. 1753 - 5 Dec 1784
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 12.8 x 10.1 cm (5 1/16 x 4")
Sheet: 17.6 x 12.8 cm (6 15/16 x 5 1/16")
Book (open to 90%): 18.4 × 19.7 cm (7 1/4 × 7 3/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Books and reading
Arts and Culture
Writers
Illustration
Papers
Quill
Home Furnishings
Printed Material
Inkstand
Tables
Enslaved person
Women
Frontispiece
Literature
Letters
Portraits
Drafting & Writing Implements
Headgear
Furnishings
Costume
Hats
Law and Crime
Writing table
Poets
Pens
Published according to Act of Parliament, Sept. r 1, 1773 by Arch. d Bell, Bookseller N o 8 near the Saracens Head Aldgate.
Jacob Duché
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1779
Artist: Thomas Clarke, active late 18th century
Copy after: Henry Pelham, 1749 - 1806
Sitter: Jacob Duché, 1737/8 - 3 Jan 1798
Medium: Stipple engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 8.5 x 8.5 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/8")
Sheet: 22.8 x 14.6 cm (9 x 5 3/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Interior with Exterior View
Architecture
Government
Pastor
Interior decoration
Dress accessories
Portraits
Rector
Eyeglasses
Design
Column
Religion and Spirituality
Costume
Men
Chaplain
Loyalist
Politics
Clergy
Minister
P. Nathan Pinxt
J. Clarke Sculp
Nathanael Greene
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1794
Artist: Elkanah Tisdale, 1768 - after 1834
Copy after: John Trumbull, 6 Jun 1756 - 10 Nov 1843
Sitter: Nathanael Greene, 7 Aug 1742 - 19 Jun 1786
Medium: Etching and line engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 14.9 x 9 cm (5 7/8 x 3 9/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Congressional Gold Medal
Businessperson
Dress accessories
Portraits
Industrialist
Iron
Flags
Civilian awards
Symbols & Motifs
Costume
Military and Intelligence
Men
Manufacturer
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Officer
GREENE From an Original PAINTING.
J. Tindale sc.
Thomas Jefferson
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1796
Artist: Unidentified Artist
Sitter: Thomas Jefferson, 13 Apr 1743 - 4 Jul 1826
Medium: Stipple and line engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 8.6 x 7 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/4")
Sheet: 12 x 7.8 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Legislators
Art
Arts and Culture
Architects
Illustration
Natural resources commerce
Secretary of State
Governors
Founder
Universities
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Signer of Declaration
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Diplomats
Presidents
Minister
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Congressmen
Farmers
Government
Diplomacy
Portraits
Lawyers
Continental congressman
Science and Technology
Agriculturists
Inventors
Men
Law and Crime
Politics
Education and Scholarship
THO s JEFFERSON.
Published by C. Smith, N. York.
James Madison
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1796
Artist: Unidentified Artist
Sitter: James Madison, 16 Mar 1751 - 28 Jun 1836
Medium: Stipple and line engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 8.6 x 7 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/4")
Sheet: 20 x 14.2 cm (7 7/8 x 5 9/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Legislators
Cabinet member
Congressmen
Arts and Culture
Literature
Writers
Government
Essayist
Portraits
Lawyers
Secretary of State
Signer of Constitution
Continental congressman
Statesman
Men
Public officers
Law and Crime
Politics
Presidents
[None]
Benjamin Thompson
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1798
Artist: Edward C. Trenchard, 1777 - 1824?
Copy after: James Tassie, 1735 - 1799
Sitter: Benjamin Thompson, 26 Mar 1753 - 21 Aug 1814
Medium: Stipple engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 8.6 x 6.7 cm (3 3/8 x 2 5/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
Art
Arts and Culture
Sash
Dress accessories
Portraits
Reformers
Science and Technology
Social reformer
Costume
Men
Scientists
Physicist
Artists
[None]
George Washington
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1787
Artist: James Trenchard, 1747 - 1847?
Sitter: George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Medium: Line engraving
Dimensions: Image: 15 × 9.3 cm (5 7/8 × 3 11/16")
Sheet: 20.7 × 11.6 cm (8 1/8 × 4 9/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Natural resources commerce
Dress accessories
Headdresses
Symbols & Motifs
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Military and Intelligence
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Public officers
Presidents
Congressional Gold Medal
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Coat of arms
Portraits
Civilian awards
Heraldic motif
Headgear
Science and Technology
Crown
Agriculturists
Surveyors
Costume
Men
Politics
Officer
[None]
Anthony Wayne
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1797
Artist: Benjamin Tanner, 1775 - 1848
Sitter: Anthony Wayne, 1 Jan 1745 - 15 Dec 1796
Medium: Stipple engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 9.2 x 7.1 cm (3 5/8 x 2 13/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Legislators
Congressional Gold Medal
Congressmen
Government
Dress accessories
Portraits
Civilian awards
Headgear
Tricorne
Brigadier General
Science and Technology
Surveyors
Costume
Military and Intelligence
Men
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Public officers
Hats
Politics
Officer
[None]
Benjamin West
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1795
Artist: Unidentified Artist
Sitter: Benjamin West, 10 Oct 1738 - 11 Mar 1820
Medium: Etching and line engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 10.1 x 8.4 cm (4 x 3 5/16")
Sheet: 18.5 x 13 cm (7 5/16 x 5 1/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: History painter
Art
Arts and Culture
Portraitist
Painters
Men
Portraits
Artists
Art instructor
Masra. Mag. 1793
BENJAMIN WEST Esq.
President of the Royal Academy.
Benjamin Franklin
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1781
Artist: Francois Denis Nee, 1732 - 1817
Copy after: Louis Carrogis De Carmontelle, 1717 - 1806
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 31 × 19.2 cm (12 3/16 × 7 9/16")
Sheet: 35.8 × 22 cm (14 1/8 × 8 11/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Social Welfare and Reform
Business and Finance
Legislators
Books and reading
Arts and Culture
Clouds
Writers
Home Furnishings
Printer
Printed Material
Vehicles
Design
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Chairs
Ships
Seating
Signer of Declaration
Tables
Public officers
Diplomats
Nature
Sailing ships
Interior with Exterior View
Literature
Congressmen
Government
Diplomacy
Interior decoration
Portraits
Ecology
Tradesman
Furnishings
Headgear
Continental congressman
Science and Technology
Inventors
Costume
Men
Philanthropists
Hats
Politics
Scientists
Postmasters
L.C. de Carmontelle. Del.
On l'a vu désarmer les Tirans et les Dieux.
Paris chez Née rue des Francs-Bourgeois, Porte S. Michel.
Benjamin Franklin
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: c. 1778-84
Artist: Justus Chevillet, 1729 - 1802
Copy after: Joseph Siffred Duplessis, 22 Sep 1725 - 1 Apr 1802
Sitter: Benjamin Franklin, 17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 26.6 x 17.9 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/16")
Sheet: 43 x 29.3 cm (16 15/16 x 11 9/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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
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Continental congressman
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Men
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Postmasters
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Né à Boston, dans la nouvelle Angleterre, le 17 Janv. 1706.
Honneur du nouveau monde et de l'humanité, Ce Sage aimable et vrai les guide et les éclaire; Comme un autre Mentor, il cache à l'œil vulgaire, Sous les traits d'un mortel, une divinité. Par M. Feutry.
John Singleton Copley Self-Portrait
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Painting
Date: c. 1780-84
Artist: John Singleton Copley, 3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815
Sitter: John Singleton Copley, 3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Stretcher: 56.5 × 2.5 cm (22 1/4 × 1")
Frame: 81.3 × 82.6 × 13.3 cm (32 × 32 1/2 × 5 1/4")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation with matching funds from the Smithsonian Institution; frame conserved with funds from the Smithsonian Women's Committee
Topics: History painter
Art
Arts and Culture
Portraitist
Painters
Self-portraits
Government
Men
Portraits
Loyalist
Politics
Artists
Exhibition Label: Born Boston, Massachusetts
John Adams once proclaimed John Singleton Copley to be “the greatest Master, that ever was in America.” As a teenager, Copley was already satisfying Bostonians’ desire for realistic portraits. By the time he was twenty, he had grown frustrated by the limitations of his provincial environment, where, he complained, art was regarded as “no more than any other useful trade.” Copley longed to visit Europe to study great works of art and escape the political turmoil at home. His father-in-law was among the merchants whose tea was dumped in Boston Harbor during the Tea Party of December 1773. Many other family members were loyalists who opposed the growing demand for American independence, as were clients such as Andrew Oliver. In June 1774, Copley departed for England where, in the flush of new success, he painted this self-portrait. He never returned to the United States.
Nacido en Boston, Massachusetts
John Adams proclamó a John Singleton Copley “el más grande Maestro que ha existido en América”. Desde su adolescencia, Copley se dedicó a atender la demanda de retratos realistas en Boston. A los 20 años, ya frustrado por las limitaciones de su entorno provinciano, se quejaba de que allí el arte no se estimaba “más que cualquier otro oficio útil”.
Copley anhelaba ir a Europa para estudiar las grandes obras de arte y escapar de la agitación política de su país. Su suegro era uno de los comerciantes cuya carga fue arrojada al puerto de Boston durante el motín del té en diciembre de 1773. Muchos de sus familiares apoyaban a la monarquía y se oponían al creciente reclamo de independencia de las colonias americanas, lo mismo que clientes como Andrew Oliver. En junio de 1774, Copley partió hacia Inglaterra, donde, en la euforia de su nuevo éxito, pintó este autorretrato. Nunca regresó a Estados Unidos.
Provenance: The artist's son, Baron Lyndhurst; sold in his estate March 5, 1864.
Mrs. Caspar C. Crowninshield, the artist's great-granddaughter, 1873-1882. Mrs. Gardiner Green Hammond [Esther Fiske Hammond], Santa Barbara, 1915-1938; unknown private collection, Los Angeles; Purchase 1977 NPG
[None]
George Washington
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: c. 1775-90
Artist: Justus Chevillet, 1729 - 1802
Copy after: Michel Honoré Bounieu, 1740 - 1814
Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827
Sitter: George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799
Medium: Engraving on paper
Dimensions: Image: 34.2 x 25.5 cm (13 7/16 x 10 1/16")
Sheet: 48 x 34 cm (18 7/8 x 13 3/8")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Topics: Business and Finance
Natural resources commerce
Dress accessories
Colonial statesman
Statesman
Military and Intelligence
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Public officers
Presidents
Nature
Trees
Congressional Gold Medal
Farmers
Government
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Généralissime des Américains, Libérateur des Etats-Unis Contemporain et Ami du Général Lafayette
Dessiné par Benard d'après un Tableau fourni par M. le Marquis de la Fayette.
Gravé par Chevillet.