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Martha Tennent Rogers (Mrs. David Rogers) And Her Son, Probably Samuel Henry Rogers

1788
oil on canvas
overall: 86.4 x 73.3 cm (34 x 28 7/8 in.) framed: 100.7 x 87.6 x 4.1 cm (39 5/8 x 34 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

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Master Rees Goring Thomas

ca. 1783–84
oil on canvas
66 x 47 5/8 in. (167.6 x 121 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Mrs. Joseph Wright

1792
oil on canvas
46 x 24 3/8 in. (116.8 x 61.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Mrs. Noah Smith And Her Children

1798
oil on canvas
64 x 85 3/4 in. (162.6 x 217.8 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Mrs. Richard Alsop

1792
oil on canvas
45 5/8 x 24 1/4 in. (115.8 x 61.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Mrs. Williams

1837
Oil on canvas
37 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (94.5 x 76.7 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Noah Smith

1798
oil on canvas
163.2 x 107.3 cm (64 1/4 x 42 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

notes
Ownership History: Noah Smith, Bennington, Vermont, 1798; by descent to Eliza Smith, Huntington, Vergennes, Vermont, 1812. Ann Eliza Huntington, Vergennes, Vermont, by 1912; John Harrington, Vergennes, Vermont, from 1912; bequeathed to Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Vermont,...
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Portrait Of A Connecticut Clockmaker

ca. 1800
oil on wood
10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (26.1 x 20.1 cm) oval

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Ralph Earl was born into a prominent family of craftsmen, and his portraits are painted with sharp attention to detail. In this painting the subject sits in a Sheraton “fancy” armchair, a type that was especially popular in the Connecticut Valley, where Earl worked. The wooden clock on the tea table might be a kind of clock that was developed in...
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Portrait Of A Connecticut Clockmaker's Wife

ca. 1800
oil on wood
10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (26.0 x 20.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
This painting of a Connecticut clockmaker’s wife was meant to hang to the right of her husband’s portrait, preserving their images and values for subsequent generations. Ralph Earl showed her holding a book, possibly a Bible, as a sign of piety and literacy. The drapery in the background was a compositional device that the artist learned when he...
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Robert Boyd

1788
oil on canvas
33 1/2 x 26 15/16 in. (85.1 x 68.4 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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