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Portrait of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo

ca. 1748-1750
oil on canvas
96 5/8 in. x 60 1/4 in. (245.43 cm x 153 cm)

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Brunswick, ME

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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...
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Portrait of a Woman

1748
oil on canvas
49 3/8 x 39 9/16 in. (125.4 x 100.5 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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Charles Apthorp

1748
oil on canvas
Framed - h:141.50 w:117.50 d:7.50 cm (h:55 11/16 w:46 1/4 d:2 15/16 inches) Unframed - h:127.00 w:101.50 cm (h:50 w:39 15/16 inches)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, OH

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Ralph Inman

1748
oil on canvas
91.4 x 74.9 cm (36 x 29 1/2 in.); frame: 108 x 92.1 x 5.1 cm (42 1/2 x 36 1/4 x 2 in.)

Harvard University Art Museums

Cambridge, MA

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Susannah Speakman Inman

1748
oil on canvas
91.4 x 74.9 cm (36 x 29 1/2 in.); frame: 108 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm (42 1/2 x 36 x 2 in.)

Harvard University Art Museums

Cambridge, MA

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Benjamin Franklin

c. 1746
oil on canvas
127 x 102 cm (50 x 40 3/16 in.)

Harvard University Art Museums

Cambridge, MA

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Mary McCall

oil on canvas
50 1/4 x 40 1/4 in. (127.6 x 102.2 cm)

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Philadelphia, PA

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Thomas Hopkinson

1746
oil on canvas
overall: 49 3/4 x 39 5/8 in. (126.5 x 100.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
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...
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Family portrait of Isaac Royall

1741
oil on canvas
143 x 197.5 cm (56.3 x 77.8 in)

Harvard University Art Museums

Cambridge, MA

notes
Isaac Royall, Jr. (1719–1781) was a colonial American slaveholder who played an important role in the creation of Harvard Law School.
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Elizabeth Turbutt, Mrs. Tench Francis

c. 1746
oil on canvas
36 x 28.5 inch

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

notes
Sale Of Sotheby's New York: Saturday, January 21, 2012 [Lot 167] Important Americana: Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Porcelain, Prints and Carpets
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