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Source Description
Henry Inman was America's premier portrait painter during the 1830s. He trained in New York City with the then-renowned painter John Wesley Jarvis. The artist went on to become one of the foremost members of the "Knickerbocker" circle, and together with Samuel F. B. Morse, the painter and later telegraph magnate, he founded the National Academy of Design. Subsequently Inman was much sought after as a portraitist by society figures in New York City and Philadelphia, until his early death in 1846.
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Document identity
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2580
label
A Rose
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
2580
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
A Rose
description
Henry Inman was America's premier portrait painter during the 1830s. He trained in New York City with the then-renowned painter John Wesley Jarvis. The artist went on to become one of the foremost members of the "Knickerbocker" circle, and together with Samuel F. B. Morse, the painter and later telegraph magnate, he founded the National Academy of Design. Subsequently Inman was much sought after as a portraitist by society figures in New York City and Philadelphia, until his early death in 1846.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1841
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
19.7
height
10.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 3/4 x W: 4 1/16 in. (19.7 x 10.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature and date] Lower center left: H. Inman
1841
med
watercolor and pencil on paper
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6855
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none
exhibition_ids
3042
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photo
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