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A Gentleman of the Wilkes Family

oil on canvas
12 x 10 in. (30.5 x 25.4 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Albert Bridges

Watercolor on off-white Bristol board
7 1/2 x 6 3/16 in. (19.1 x 15.7 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Dr. George Ackerly

ca. 1835
watercolor on ivory
sight 2 x 1 5/8 in. (5.1 x 4.1 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Dr. George Ackerly was artist Thomas Cole's brother-in-law, having married Cole's sister, Sarah. He lived for a time on the western frontier, but in 1825 returned to New York to be near his family. He and Cole remained close friends for years. Ackerly died in 1842.
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Ebenezer Martin

ca. 1838
watercolor on ivory
sight 2 1/2 x 2 in. (6.4 x 5.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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George Pope Morris

c. 1836
oil on canvas
overall: 76.2 x 63.8 cm (30 x 25 1/8 in.) framed: 95.6 x 83.2 x 7.6 cm (37 5/8 x 32 3/4 x 3 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

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Henry G. Stebbins

1838
oil on canvas
30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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James Bogert, Jr.

ca. 1835
Watercolor on ivory in cast and chased foliated gold metal locket; hair on verso in reserve.
2 15/16 x 2 1/2 in. (4.9 x 6.4 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Janet Halleck Drake

1825
oil on canvas
29 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. (75.6 x 62.9 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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John Inman

ca. 1830
Watercolor on ivory
3 1/4 x 2 5/8 in. (8.4 x 6.8 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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John Wesley Jarvis

1822
watercolor and pencil on paper
sight 3 3/4 x 3 in. (9.5 x 7.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
John Wesley Jarvis (1781-1839), like Henry Inman, enjoyed the reputation of being one of the foremost American portrait painters of his age. He painted many military and naval figures from the War of 1812 for New York City Hall, and his series of eminent American statesmen is in the New-York Historical Society. Despite his successful beginnings,...
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