Portraiture in the New Nation

Question 1

Answer 1

Gilbert Stuart, John Bannister, c. 1773, o/c, 36 x 30 inches. Redwood Library

Question 2

Answer 2

Gilbert Stuart, Self Portrait, 1778, 16 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches

Question 3

Answer 3

Gilbert Stuart, The Skater (William Grant), 1782,

96 1/4 x 58 inches

Question 4

Answer 4

Gilbert Stuart, John Singleton Copley, c. 1784, o/c, 26 1/2 x 22 1/4 inches

Question 5

Answer 5

Gilbert Stuart, Joshua Reynolds, c. 1784, o/c, 36 1/8 x 30 1/8 inches.

Question 6

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Gilbert Stuart, Joseph Brant, 1786, o/c, 23 1/2 x 24 inches

Question 7

Answer 7

Gilbert Stuart, John Fitzgibbon, 1789-90, o/c, 96 1/2 x 60 5/8 inches

Question 8

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Gilbert Stuart, Richard Yates, 1793-4, o/c, 30 x 25 inches

Question 9

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Gilbert Stuart, Catherine Brass Yates, 1793-4, o/c, 30 x 25 inches

Question 10

Answer 10

Gilbert Stuart, George Washington,

1795, o/c, 29 1/4 x 24 inches, Frick

Question 11

Answer 11

Gilbert Stuart, George Washington,

1795, o/c, 28 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches

Question 12

Answer 12

Gilbert Stuart, George Washington,

begun 1795, o/c, 30 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches. MMA

Question 13

Answer 13

Gilbert Stuart, George Washington,

1796, o/c, 48 x 37 inches. MFA Boston / National Portrait Gallery

Question 14

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Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, 1796, o/c, 97 1/2 x 62 1/2 inches

Question 15

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Houdon, George Washington, 1785-89

Question 16

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Giuseppe Ceracchi, George Washington, 1795, Marble

Question 17

Answer 17

Thomas Sully, The Passage of the Delaware, 1819

Question 18

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Raimondo Trentanove, George Washington, modeled 1815, carved c. 1820

Question 19

Answer 19

Rembrandt Peale, George Washington, c.1795-1823

Question 20

Answer 20

Horatio Greenough, Bust of Washington, 1832

Question 21

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John Vanderlyn, George Washington, 1832

Question 22

Answer 22

Emmanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851

Question 23

Answer 23

Karl L. H. Müller, Century Vase, Made by Union Porcelain Works, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 1876. Porcelain.

Question 24

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Washington Closing the Masonic Lodge, c. 1870s, chromolithograph.

Question 25

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Grant Wood, Parson Weems’ Fable, 1939

Question 26

Answer 26

Ralph Earl, Roger Sherman, 1775-76

Question 27

Answer 27

Ralph Earl, Elijah Boardman, 1789, o/c, 81 5/8 x 55 1/4 inches Earl portrayed the richly dressed dry goods merchant Elijah Boardman (1760–1823) in his store in New Milford, Connecticut. His right hand rests on a counting desk protected and decorated by green cloth secured with brass nails. The shelves of the desk house books, including Moore's "Travels," Shakespeare's plays, Milton's "Paradise Lost," Johnson's dictionary, and the "London Magazine" for 1786. Through the open paneled door to the right of the subject, bolts of plain and patterned textiles, including one with a prominently displayed British tax stamp, invite inspection and tell the viewer how Boardman earned a living, just as the books in his desk and the letter in his hand speak of his learning and awareness of culture.

Question 28

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Ralph Earl, Daniel Boardman, 1789, o/c, 81 5/8 x 55 1/4 inches How is the way that Ralph Earl depicted his American patrons different than that of the British aristocracy? In particular,is his portrait of Daniel Boardman, where the subject stands before the landholdings he and his brother had acquired, really suited to the "restrained tastes and republican virtues" of Connecticut inhabitants? This seems more like aristocratic imagery than an attribute of the subject's trade.

Question 29

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Ralph Earl, Esther Boardman, 1789, o/c.

Question 30

Answer 30

Ralph Earl, Mrs. James Watson & Son , James Talcott, 1788. Comparing Earl and Stuart, where Stuart painted considerably more portraits than Earl but left many of his patrons dissatisfied, who would be considered a more "successful" artist? Does success have to do with money, reputation, amount of work, or providing a pleasing portrait?

Question 31

Answer 31

Ralph Earl

Question 32

Answer 32

John Wesley Jarvis, Mrs. Robert Dickey (Anne Brown), ca. 1807-10.

Question 33

Answer 33

John Wesley Jarvis, Gen. Andrew Jackson, ca. 1819 Based on the reading, "The Burden of Portraiture," on page 63 the texts states that "Old-timers like John Wesley Jarvis were probably flattered when youngsters entered their studios." My question is, what made other painters so much more popular than Jarvis that the youngsters either stopped going to learn from him or never even went to study under Jarvis at all?

Question 34

Answer 34

John Wesley Jarvis, Mr. Cook, 1810, Watercolor on ivory

Question 35

Answer 35

William Dunlap, Self Portrait, ca. 1825, watercolor on ivory.

Question 36

Answer 36

William Dunlap, Mr. and Mrs. John Adams Conant, 1829

Question 37

Answer 37

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Susan Walker Morse (The Muse), ca. 1836-7.