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Painting
Portrait of Aaron Burr (1756 – 1836)
John Vanderlyn, 1775 - 1852
Vanderlyn, John
United States
1775 - 1852
Male
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.1 x 19.1 cm)
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Thomas Jefferson’s vice president, Aaron Burr (1756–1836), is notorious for having killed his political rival Alexander Hamilton in an illegal duel. Despite his reputation for a hot temper and a host of sensual vices, Burr was an early advocate for women’s right to vote and the abolition of slavery.
This painting is a copy after a well-known portrait of Burr by John Vanderlyn in the collection of the New York Historical Society, but a definitive attribution has proved elusive. The beautifully-painted face is surrounded by crudely-painted areas of the background and clothing which may be by a later, less-skilled restorer. This portrait was deaccessioned from the Washington University Art Museum in 1962 and sold to the Kennedy Galleries in New York City. It came into the collection of Elizabeth G. Holahan, long-time president of the Landmark Society of Western New York and the Rochester Historical Society, who bequeathed it to the Gallery in 2005.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
back of frameback of frame, circular metal diskback of frame, Almost illegible. Six lines of text.back of frameback of frame, Inscription listing Paris origin as noted here not found on frame May 2014back of frameback of frameback of stretcherback of stretcher, On top of duct tape wrapping stretcher
2005.248
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/30/2005
6014.4DI1
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2005.248DI#2
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11/6/2012
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2005.248DI#3
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Verso
5/7/2014
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