PreviewDescriptionArtistNotes
John Adams

by Mather Brown

1788
oil on canvas
34 1/2 x 27 1/4 in. (cm. 87.6 x 69.2)

Boston Athenaeum

Boston, MA

Brown, Mathernotes
In 1785, when John Adams sat for Mather Brown in London, he was one of the best known political-figures in both the newly independent United States and in Europe. Adams first came to prominence in colonial Massachusetts, with his successful defense of British soldiers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre. Selected as a delegate to both the first...
George McCulloch

by John Singer Sargent

1901
Oil on canvas
27.5 x 21.5 in.

Boston Athenaeum

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singernotes
George McCulloch (1848-1907) made his fortune in silver mining in Australia before coming to London to live as a gentleman of leisure and art collector. He was friends with many of the Royal Academy and had, by the time of his death, amassed an amazing collection of contemporary work numbering more than 400 with more than half of those considered...
Golden winged woodpecker

by Isaac Sprague

Dec. 1840.
Watercolor
image 24.5 x 22 cm., sheet 30 x 24.2 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

Boston, MA

Sprague, Isaacnotes
A single bird is shown perched on a bare branch. "Golden winged woodpecker" and the date are inscribed in graphite at the bottom of the sheet below the image. The bird depicted is now known as the yellow-shafted flicker.
Chipmunk

by Isaac Sprague

1840.
Watercolor
image 22.6 x 19 cm., sheet 30.2 x 24.2 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

Boston, MA

Sprague, Isaacnotes
The chipmunk is perched on an ear of corn. The date is written in graphite below the chipmunk’s tail. Title devised by curator.
Lady George Darwin

by Cecilia Beaux

1889
Pastel

Boston Athenaeum

Boston, MA

Beaux, Cecilia 
Six birds' eggs

by Isaac Sprague

19th century
Watercolor
image 16.2 x 11.5 cm., sheet 27.1 x 18.8 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

Boston, MA

Sprague, Isaac 
Chipping sparrow

by Isaac Sprague

19th century
Watercolor
image 26.5 x 22.5 cm., sheet 34.8 x 25.7 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

Boston, MA

Sprague, Isaac 
Bobwhite

by Isaac Sprague

Nov. 11, 1841
Watercolor
image 15 x 21 cm., sheet 30.3 x 25.1 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

Boston, MA

Sprague, Isaac 
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