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Painting
Unfinished Portrait of Nathaniel Hurd (1729-1777)
John Singleton Copley, (Boston, MA?, 1738 - 1815, London, England)
Copley, John Singleton
United States
1738 - 1815
Male
29 3/8 x 24 5/8 in. (74.6 x 62.5 cm)
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ca. 1765
1760
1770
1600-1800, 18th century, artist portraits, artists, Colonial, men, paintings, portraits
Painting
Nathaniel Hurd (1730-1778), silversmith, goldsmith, and engraver, was a member of a distinguished Boston family of silversmiths. In addition to creating a number of silver pieces, he was well-known for his bookplates, which were designed for many distinguished colonial families including Loyalists and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and were based on heraldic motifs (to which they may or may not have been entitled). Hurd also designed a plate for his own family, as well as bookplates for both Harvard and Dartmouth Colleges. The bookplates provide an unusual link to the social and intellectual climate of the times, and literally speak volumes about sociocultural aspirations of eighteenth-century America.
Hurd was a contemporary of Copley’s. This ca. 1765 portrait, Copley’s first to depict a fellow artisan in working costume, had been preceded by an earlier miniature that Copley had painted of Hurd in 1755.
[Gallery label text, 1996]
removed from stretcher, Now in curatorial fileremoved from stretcher, Now in curatorial file. Old exhibition label, mostly torn away
1944.2
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Memorial Art Gallery
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Clarence J. McCarthy (1887 - 1953)
Eugene Speicher, 1883 - 1962
Speicher, Eugene
United States
1883 - 1962
Male
36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
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Oil
ca. 1907
1902
1912
1900-2000, 20th century, artist portraits, artists, men, paintings
Painting
Throughout history, artists have painted portraits of their friends, including friends who are often artists themselves. The young man in this portrait, Clarence J. McCarthy, met the artist Eugene Speicher while both were studying at the Albright Art School in their native Buffalo. The two also studied together at New York City’s Art Students League with the influential teacher Robert Henri. Speicher became an important portrait painter, and McCarthy, a significant illustrator.
[Forman Gallery, Summer 2015]
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1982.51
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Painting
Russell Sturgis (1750 - 1826)
Gilbert Stuart, (Saunderstown RI, 1757 - 1828, Boston)
Stuart, Gilbert
United States
1757 - 1828
Male
28 3/4 x 24 1/8 in. (73 x 61.3 cm)
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ca. 1806
1801
1811
1800-1900, 19th century, artist portraits, artists, men, paintings, portraits
Painting
Gilbert Stuart was known for his portraits of George Washington – including the one on the dollar bill.
[Gallery label text, 2007]
1941.34
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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