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TitleNathaniel Hawthorne

Creator nameOsgood, Charles

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1840

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationPeabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts

https://collection.pem.org/portals/collection/#asset/32883

Accession number121459

SubjectsAuthors, AmericanPortrait painting, American

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George Washington and William Lee

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Aug 18

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Creator rolePainter

Creation date1780

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12822

Accession number24.109.88

George Washington and William Lee

Senator Thomas Hart Benton, reverse (detail of top edge)

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameJouett, Matthew Harris

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1820–1829

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on wood

Dimensions28 1/8 x 23 1/2 in. (71.4 x 59.6 cm)

LocationCleveland Museum of Art

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1941.597

Accession number1941.597

Senator Thomas Hart Benton, reverse...

Senator Thomas Hart Benton, reverse (detail of top edge)

The Artist in His Museum

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 13

Creator namePeale, Charles Willson

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1822

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions8 ft. 7 3/4 in. x 79 7/8 in. (2.6 m x 202.9 cm)

LocationPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

https://www.pafa.org/collection/artist-his-museum

Accession number1878.1.2

The Artist in His Museum

Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 30

Creator nameSargent, John Singer

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1896

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationTate, London

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sargent-mrs-carl-meyer-and-her-children-t12988

Accession numberT12988

Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children

Mrs. Carl Meyer and Her Children

Samuel Alleyne Otis, radiograph detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameStuart, Gilbert

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1811–1812

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on wood

Dimensions28 1/4 x 22 5/8 in. (71.8 x 57.6 cm)

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.57542.html

Accession number1980.11.2

Samuel Alleyne Otis, radiograph detail

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

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Jan 30

Creator nameChase, William Merritt

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1885

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions74 3/8 x 36 1/4 in.

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10469

Accession number18.22.2

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Mrs. Walter Stewart (Deborah McClenachan)

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Creator namePeale, Charles Willson

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1782

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions50 1/8 x 40 1/8 in. (127.3 x 101.9 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/59034

Accession number1991.125.2

Mrs. Walter Stewart (Deborah...

Mrs. Walter Stewart (Deborah McClenachan)

Mrs. George Swinton

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Jan 30

Creator nameSargent, John Singer

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1897

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions90 x 49 in.

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/4749

Accession number1922.4450

Mrs. George Swinton

Samuel Alleyne Otis

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameStuart, Gilbert

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1811–1812

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on wood

Dimensions28 1/4 x 22 5/8 in. (71.8 x 57.6 cm)

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.57542.html

Accession number1980.11.2

Samuel Alleyne Otis

Senator Thomas Hart Benton

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameJouett, Matthew Harris

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1820–1829

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on wood

Dimensions28 1/8 x 23 1/2 in. (71.4 x 59.6 cm)

LocationCleveland Museum of Art

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1941.597

Accession number1941.597

Senator Thomas Hart Benton

Queen of Hearts

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Mar 17

Creator nameDe Kooning, Willem

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1943–1946

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil and charcoal on fiberboard

Dimensions46 1/8 x 27 1/2 in. (117 x 70 cm)

LocationHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://hirshhorn.si.edu/search-results/search-result-details/?edan_search_value=66.1223

Accession number66.1223

Queen of Hearts

Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Daughter Ethel

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 30

Creator nameBeaux, Cecilia

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1901-1902

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions42 1/2 x 31 in.

LocationMrs. Bruce K. Chapman, Seattle

Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Daughter...

Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Daughter Ethel

Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)

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Jan 08

Creator nameSargent, John Singer

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1884

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions234.95 cm × 109.86 cm

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12127

Accession number16.53

Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)

Madame Pierre Gautreau

George Washington at Trenton

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameTrumbull, John

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1792

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions90 1/2 x 64 in. (229.9 x 162.6 cm)

LocationCity Hall, Charleston, South Carolina

George Washington at Trenton

Ezra Stiles

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Jul 03

Creator nameKing, Samuel

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1771

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions34 x 28 in. (86.4 x 71.1 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/49867

Accession number1955.3.1

Ezra Stiles

Portrait of Mrs. Jeremiah Lee (née Martha Swett)

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameCopley, John Singleton

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1769

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions95 x 59 in. (241.3 x 149.9 cm)

LocationWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut

Accession number1945.59

Portrait of Mrs. Jeremiah Lee...

Portrait of Mrs. Jeremiah Le (née Martha Swett)

Mrs. Larz Anderson

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Jan 30

Creator nameBeaux, Cecilia

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1900

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions82 x 40 in.

LocationAnderson House Museum of the Society of the Cincinnati, Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Larz Anderson

Self-Portrait

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 18

Creator nameTrumbull, John

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1802

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/24912

Accession number1981.129.1

Self-Portrait

Analee Newman

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator nameSterne, Hedda

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1952

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions78 x 34 in.

LocationVassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York

https://emuseum.vassar.edu/objects/20329/annalee-newman

Analee Newman

Portrait of Mary Adeline Williams

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 13

Creator nameEakins, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1900

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions24 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/42491.html?mulR=2049023690|1

Accession number1929-184-10

Portrait of Mary Adeline Williams

Portrait of John Eardley-Wilmot, Esq., 1812

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 28

Creator nameWest, Benjamin

Creator name (description)Signed

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Dimensions105.4 × 148 cm

LocationYale Center for British Art, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:153

Accession numberB1973.1.61

Portrait of John Eardley-Wilmot, Esq.,...

Portrait of John Eardley-Wilmot, Esq., 1812

Roger Sherman

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Jul 03

Creator nameEarl, Ralph

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1775

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions64 5/8 x 59 5/8 in. (164.1 x 126 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/2448

Accession number1918.3

Roger Sherman

Sewing—A Portrait

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Jan 30

Creator nameAhrens, Ellen Wetherald

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Ernesta (Child with Nurse)

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Jan 30

Creator nameBeaux, Cecilia

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1894

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions49 x 37 in.

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10127

Accession number65.49

Ernesta (Child with Nurse)

Portrait of Tenskwatawa, the Prophet (1775–1837)

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator nameInman, Henry

Creator name (description)Henry Inman, after Charles Bird King

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1830

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions30 3/8 x 24 3/4 in. (77.2 x 62.9 cm)

LocationNational Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.82.71

Accession numberNPG.82.71

Portrait of Tenskwatawa, the Prophet...

Portrait of Tenskwatawa, the Prophet (1775–1837)

Portrait of General James Watson Webb

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 30

Creator nameChase, William Merritt

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1880

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions36 x 31 1/8 in.

LocationShelburne Museum, Vermont

Portrait of General James Watson Webb

Maud Cook (Mrs. Robert C. Reid)

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameEakins, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1895

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions24 1/2 x 20 1/16 in. (62.2 x 51 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52619

Accession number1961.18.18

Maud Cook (Mrs. Robert C. Reid)

Reverend Ammi Ruhamah Robbins

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameMoulthrop, Reuben

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1812

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions59 5/8 x 59 3/4 in. (151.4 x 151.8 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/44598

Accession number1943.104

Reverend Ammi Ruhamah Robbins

Curley, Crow

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 07

Creator nameBurbank, E. A.

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1897

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions15.2 × 20.3 cm (6 × 8 in.)

LocationThe Newberry Library, Chicago

Curley, Crow

Curley, Custer Scout, Crow

Mrs. Hezekiah Beardsley (Elizabeth Davis)

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameBeardsley Limner

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1788–1790

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions45 x 43 in. (114.3 x 109.2 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/49500

Accession number1952.46.2

Mrs. Hezekiah Beardsley (Elizabeth...

Mrs. Hezekiah Beardsley (Elizabeth Davis)

Professor Henry A. Rowland

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 13

Creator nameEakins, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1897

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions80 1/4 x 54 in. (203.84 x 137.16 cm)

LocationPhillips Academy, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts

http://accessaddison.andover.edu/Obj1516

Accession number1931.5

Professor Henry A. Rowland

Benjamin Silliman

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 18

Creator nameTrumbull, John

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Dimensions19 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (48.9 x 40 cm)

LocationNational Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

http://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.68.6

Accession numberNPG.68.6

Benjamin Silliman

Head of a Black Man

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator nameCopley, John Singleton

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1777

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions53.3 x 41.3 cm

LocationDetroit Institute of Arts

https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/head-negro-41297

Accession number52.118

Head of a Black Man

The Veteran (Portrait of George Reynolds)

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameEakins, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1885

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions22 1/4 x 15 in. (56.4 x 43.8 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52625

Accession number1961.18.20

The Veteran (Portrait of George...

The Veteran (Portrait of George Reynolds)

Captain Cold, or Ut-ha-wah

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameWilgus, William John

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1838

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/34792

Accession number1939.39

Captain Cold, or Ut-ha-wah

William Buckland

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator namePeale, Charles Willson

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1774–1789

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions27 1/2 x 36 5/8 in. (69.9 x 93 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/6359

Accession number1934.303

William Buckland

Self-Portrait

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 30

Creator nameWeir, Julian Alden

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1886

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions21 1/4 x 17 1/4 in.

LocationNational Academy of Design, New York

Self-Portrait

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 29

Creator nameSargent, John Singer

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1906

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

https://fotoinventari.uffizi.it/it/ricerca-opere?isPostBack=1&numero_opera=3351

Accession number3351

Self-Portrait

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 12

Creator nameMount, William Sidney

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1832

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions24 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. (62.2 x 52.4 cm)

LocationLong Island Museum, Stony Brook, New York

http://longislandmuseum.pastperfectonline.com/Webobject/1E882AAD-A289-4DE7-997F-979845251127

Accession number0000.002.0028

Self-Portrait

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 18

Creator nameTrumbull, John

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1774

Object typePainting

LocationPrivate Collection

Self-Portrait

Mrs. Edward Darley Boit (Mary Louisa Cushing)

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 08

Creator nameSargent, John Singer

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1887

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions152.4 x 108.58 cm

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/mrs-edward-darley-boit-mary-louisa-cushing-33770

Accession number63.2688

Mrs. Edward Darley Boit (Mary Louisa...

Mrs. Edward Darley Boit (Mary Louisa Cushing)

An Arrangement

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 30

Creator nameMaurer, Alfred Henry

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1901

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on cardboard

Dimensions36 x 31 7/8 in.

LocationWhitney Museum of American Art, New York

http://collection.whitney.org/object/12

Accession number50.13

An Arrangement

Colonel John Trumbull

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 18

Creator nameWaldo, Samuel Lovett;Jewett, William Smith

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1821

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions33 x 26 in. (83.8 x 66 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/2480

Accession number1920.23

Colonel John Trumbull

William Williams Keen, Jr., M.D.

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 13

Creator nameChase, William Merritt

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1901

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions67 x 52 1/2 in.

LocationThomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia

William Williams Keen, Jr., M.D.

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 08

Creator nameSargent, John Singer

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1882–1883

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions222.5 x 222.5 cm

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/the-daughters-of-edward-darley-boit-31782

Accession number19.124

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit

Portrait of Jeremiah Lee

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameCopley, John Singleton

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1769

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions95 x 59 in. (241.3 x 149.9 cm)

LocationWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut

Accession number1945.58

Portrait of Jeremiah Lee

Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus, Baron von Steuben

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameEarl, Ralph

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1786

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions49 3/4 x 41 3/8 in. (126.4 x 105.1 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/34737

Accession number1939.14

Major General Friedrich Wilhelm...

Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus, Baron von Steuben

Lawdy Mama

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameHendricks, Barkley L.

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1969

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil and gold leaf on canvas

Dimensions135.5 × 92 cm.

LocationStudio Museum in Harlem, New York

Lawdy Mama

Mother and Daughter

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameWaring, Laura Wheeler

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Dr. Hezekiah Beardsley

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameBeardsley Limner

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1788–1790

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions45 x 43 in. (114.3 x 109.2 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/49737

Accession number1952.46.1

Dr. Hezekiah Beardsley

Homage to Langston Hughes

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameWhite, Charles

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1971

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions48 × 48 in.

LocationCollection of Camille O. and William H. Cosby

Homage to Langston Hughes

Chief Geronimo, Apache

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 07

Creator nameBurbank, E. A.

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1899

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions30.5 × 25.4 cm (12 × 10 in.)

LocationFrazier Historical Arms Museum, Louisville, Kentucky

Chief Geronimo, Apache

The Spanish Family

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 02

Creator nameNeel, Alice

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1943

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions34 x 28 in.

LocationEstate of Alice Neel

The Spanish Family

Harriet Wadsworth

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 18

Creator nameTrumbull, John

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1790–1791

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPencil on paper

Dimensions4 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. (11.4 x 9.8 cm)

LocationWadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut

Accession number1980.72

Harriet Wadsworth

Marilyn Monroe

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 19

Creator nameDe Kooning, Willem

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1954

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions50 x 30 in.

LocationNeuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York

Marilyn Monroe

William Lloyd Garrison

Posted by:John Carlson

Materialsoil on canvas

Dimensions30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)

LocationNational Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Instituition, Washington, DC

http://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.84.205

Accession numberNPG.84.205

William Lloyd Garrison

Governor and Mrs. Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 18

Creator nameTrumbull, John

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1778

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm)

LocationConnecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Connecticut

Accession numberUnkown

Governor and Mrs. Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.

Gregorita, Indian of Santa Clara

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nameHenri, Robert

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1917

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions36 × 26 in. (91.4 × 66 cm)

LocationGilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma

https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/01570

Accession number01.570

Gregorita, Indian of Santa Clara

The Hatch Family

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 08

Creator nameJohnson, Eastman

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1870–1871

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions121.9 x 186.4 cm

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11263

Accession number26.97

The Hatch Family

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameFarrow, William McKnight

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1934

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

DimensionsStretcher: 70.5 × 59.7 × 3.8cm (27 3/4 × 23 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.). Frame: 91.4 × 80 × 5.1cm (36 × 31 1/2 × 2 in.)

LocationNational Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

http://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.93.86

Accession numberNPG.93.86

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Portrait of Henry Ossawa Tanner

Posted by:John Carlson

May 17

Creator nameEakins, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1897

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions24 5/8 × 20 1/8 in. (62.5 × 51.1 cm)

LocationHyde Collection, Glen Falls, New York

https://emuseum.hydecollection.org/objects/18/portrait-of-henry-o-tanner

Accession number1971.16

Portrait of Henry Ossawa Tanner

Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameDelaney, Beauford

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1968

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions24 × 19 3/4 in.

LocationSavannah College of Art and Design Museum, Savannah, Georgia

Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald

Portrait of Willie Gee

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameHenri, Robert

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1904

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions31 1/4 × 26 1/4 in.

LocationNewark Museum, New Jersey

Accession number25.11

Portrait of Willie Gee

William Smith Forbes, M.D.

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 13

Creator nameEakins, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1905

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions84 x 48 in.

LocationThomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia

William Smith Forbes, M.D.

Mrs. Walter Stewart (Deborah McClenachan), detail of portrait miniature bracelets

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 21

Creator namePeale, Charles Willson

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1782

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/59034

Accession number1991.125.2

Mrs. Walter Stewart (Deborah...

Mrs. Walter Stewart (Deborah McClenachan), detail of portrait miniature bracelets

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 08

Creator nameSargent, John Singer

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1882–1883

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions222.5 x 222.5 cm

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/the-daughters-of-edward-darley-boit-31782

Accession number19.124

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit,...

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, detail

Si-We-Ka, Pueblo, reproduced in the Santa Fe Railway "Aztec Calendar

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 07

Creator nameBurbank, E. A.

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1899

Object typePainting

LocationThe Newberry Library, Chicago

Si-We-Ka, Pueblo, reproduced in the...

Si-We-Ka, Pueblo, reproduced in the Santa Fe Railway "Aztec Calendar

Ho-Mo-Vi, Moqui

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 07

Creator nameBurbank, E. A.

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1898

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions38.1 × 48.3 cm (15 × 19 in.)

LocationThe Field Museum, Chicago

Accession number1909.1076.23996

Ho-Mo-Vi, Moqui

Daniel Boone

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 25

Creator nameHarding, Chester

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1820

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions29 × 24 in.

Daniel Boone

Commander Samuel Woodhouse

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 21

Creator namePeale, Raphaelle

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1816 or 1817

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor on ivory

Dimensions2 7/16 × 2 in. (6.2 × 5.1 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/76904

Accession number2006.225.9

Commander Samuel Woodhouse

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 08

Creator nameSargent, John Singer

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1882–1883

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions222.5 x 222.5 cm

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/the-daughters-of-edward-darley-boit-31782

Accession number19.124

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit,...

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, detail

Rosalba Peale

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 21

Creator namePeale, Anna Claypoole

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1822

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor on ivory

Dimensions3 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (7.9 × 7 cm)

LocationDetroit Institute of Arts

https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/rosalba-peale-56645

Accession number53.345

Rosalba Peale

Henry James

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 25

Creator nameSargent, John Singer

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1913

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationNational Portrait Gallery, London

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw03436/Henry-James

Accession numberNPG 1767

Henry James

Portrait of Cinque

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 28

Creator nameJocelyn, Nathaniel

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1841

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions76.8 × 64.8 cm

LocationNew Haven Colony Historical Society, Connecticut

Accession number1971.205

Portrait of Cinque

Epaphroditus Champion Bacon

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 21

Creator nameDickinson, Anson

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1835

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor on ivory

Dimensions3 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (7.9 × 6.4 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/44483

Accession number1943.34

Epaphroditus Champion Bacon

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