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Portrait of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo ca. 1748-1750 Bowdoin College Museum of Art Brunswick, ME | This monumental image was painted to commemorate the General’s victory over the French in 1745 at Louisbourg in Canada, which can be seen in the background. It was given to the College in 1855 by the sitter’s great-granddaughter. Considered the artist’s masterwork, the subject’s bold stance, as well as sheer size powerfully transmitted the... | Unrated | Anonymous | |
Portrait of a Woman 1748 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
Charles Apthorp 1748 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
Ralph Inman 1748 Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge, MA | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
Susannah Speakman Inman 1748 Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge, MA | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
Benjamin Franklin c. 1746 Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge, MA | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
Mary McCall oil on canvas Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
Thomas Hopkinson 1746 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Thomas Hopkinson wears a full-bottomed wig and a sword, and he stands before a balustrade and a grove of pruned cypresses. But these European props do not tell the whole story. Hopkinson was also an ambitious citizen of a new society interested in new discoveries. He studied law in England but carved out a career for himself in Philadelphia, where he... | Unrated | Anonymous | |
Family portrait of Isaac Royall 1741 Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge, MA | Isaac Royall, Jr. (1719–1781) was a colonial American slaveholder who played an important role in the creation of Harvard Law School. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
Elizabeth Turbutt, Mrs. Tench Francis c. 1746 Private Collection Unknown, USA | Sale Of Sotheby's New York: Saturday, January 21, 2012 [Lot 167] Important Americana: Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Porcelain, Prints and Carpets | Unrated | Anonymous |
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