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Jacob Hurd

ca. 1762
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Mrs. Jacob Hurd And Child

ca. 1762
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Mrs. Samuel Gardiner

1763
oil on canvas
36 x 29 in. (91.4 x 73.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Mrs.thomas Mumford Vi

1763
oil on canvas
49 15/16 x 38 13/16 in. (126.9 x 98.6 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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William Johnston was the first portraitist to work for an extended period of time (1763-64) in Connecticut, where he enjoyed the patronage of prominent colonists like the Mumfords before returning to his native Boston. This likeness of Catherine Havens Mumford (1735-1778), one of four known portraits of Mumford family members, was probably painted at...
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Portrait Of David Gardiner, Jr.

c.1762-63
oil on canvas
30 x 25"

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

notes
The pose, clothes, and oval format are sophisticated, but the face is a bit bloated and the eyes askew. Still, the look is straightforward and unpretentious, and that mattered most in Connecticut. Johnston was kept busy in New London, Hartford, and New Haven. By 1770, he had moved on to Barbados.
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Portrait Of William Verstille

1763-1764
Oil
35 5/8 x 28 3/8 in. (cm. 90.5 x 72.1)

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

Winterthur, DE

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Samuel Gardiner

1763
oil on canvas
36 x 29 in. (91.4 x 73.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Silas Deane

ca. 1766
oil on canvas
33 7/8 x 28 3/4 in. (cm. 86.1 x 73.0)

National Society of The Colonial Dames of America

Wethersfield, CT

notes
Silas Deane (December 24, 1737 – September 23, 1789) was an American merchant, politician and diplomat. Originally a supporter of American independence Deane served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and then as the United States' first foreign diplomat when he travelled to France to lobby the French government for aid. Deane was drawn into...
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Thomas Mumford Vi

1763
oil on canvas
50 1/16 x 39 3/16 in. (127.2 x 99.5 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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