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Portrait of Edward Shippen Burd of Philadelphia

by Rembrandt Peale

ca. 1806-1808
oil on canvas
26 7/8 x 21 7/8 in. (68.3 x 55.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Peale, Rembrandtnotes
forehead, the tip of his nose, and the corner of his chin accentuate his smooth and glowing complexion. Burd's alert gaze and upright posture convey the confidence of a young man whose future, at least at that point, looked bright.
Portrait of Ethel D. Puffer

by Thomas Wilmer Dewing

1875
charcoal
27 x 24 in. (68.6 x 61.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer 
Portrait of Fidelia Marshall

by Charles Ingham

ca. 1840
oil on canvas
36 x 29 1/8 in. (91.4 x 74.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Ingham, Charles 
Portrait of Frances C. Houston

by Thomas Wilmer Dewing

ca. 1880-1889
oil on canvas
19 5/8 x 14 1/4 in. (49.7 x 36.1 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer 
Portrait of Frank Hamilton Cushing

by Thomas Hovenden

1890
oil on canvas
26 x 22 in.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Hovenden, Thomas 
Portrait of Freeman Cary

by Robert Scott Duncanson

ca. 1856
oil on canvas
43 3/8 x 35 1/4 in. (110.2 x 89.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Duncanson, Robert Scott 
Portrait Of John B. Carmac, In Greek Evzone Costume

by Walter Gould

1853
oil on canvas
24 1/8 x 27 5/8 in. (61.2 x 70.1 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Gould, Walternotes
Walter Gould painted this image in Florence in 1853, soon after he returned from Greece and Turkey. He posed the figure wearing Greek military costume and holding a long-stemmed pipe; there is also a water pipe, or hookah, on the floor beside the window. Gould was fascinated by the smoking habits of the people he met on his travels and, after...
Portrait of Lucy Parry, Wife of Admiral Parry

by John Wollaston

1745-1749
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127.1 x 101.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Wollaston, John 
Portrait of Mr. Wiley

by Kenyon Cox

1894
oil on canvas
15 x 17 in. (38.1 x 43.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Cox, Kenyonnotes
Further research might establish the relationship between Mr. Wiley and Kenyon Cox. In the year he painted this portrait, Cox was under contract with Bowdoin College to create mural decorations for the new Walker Art Center, designed by prominent architect Charles F. McKim. Wiley sits in a library, which suggests that he might have been a member of...
Portrait of Mrs. Barbara Baker Murphy (Wife of Sea Captain)

by Joshua Johnson

ca. 1810
oil on canvas
21 3/4 x 17 5/8 in. (55.3 x 44.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Johnson, Joshua 
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