* Gilbert Stuart 1755-1828

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Description

Gilbert Stuart
Portrait of Jonathan Amory
oil on panel
26 1/4 by 20 1/4 in.
(66.7 by 51.4 cm)
Painted circa 1810.

Provenance

Caroline S. Amory (daughter of the sitter), Boston, Massachusetts
Arthur Amory Eckley (her son)
Susan Hammond Thwing (his wife)
Arthur Heathfield, Esq. (her nephew), Paris, France
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1913 (acquired from the above)
Robinson & Farr, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1920 (acquired from the above)
Marvin Sadik Fine Arts, Scarborough, Maine
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Boston, Massachusetts, Exhibition of Stuart's Portraits, 1828, no. 179
Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Athenaeum, 1866
Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Athenaeum, 1867
Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Athenaeum, 1869
Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island School of Design, 1914
Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art, Inaugural Exhibition, 1916

Literature

"The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," Boston, Massachusetts, 1918, illustrated opposite p. 76
Lawrence Park, Gilbert Stuart: An Illustrated Descriptive List of His Works, New York, 1926, vol. I, no. 18, p. 102; vol III, illustrated p. 10