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Source Description
This may be a self-portrait of the prolific 19th-century American painter Charles Loring Elliott. In the early 1830s Elliott studied in New York City with John Trumbull and John Quidor. He spent the next decade as an itinerant portraitist, returning to New York around 1845, after which he began to exhibit his work at the National Academy of Design. Within five years he was considered to be the finest portrait painter of his time. Elliott seems to have painted more than seven hundred portraits during his career, but the inscription on this watercolor claims that only one of these was in the medium of watercolor.This work was formerly housed in one of William T. Walters' drawings albums.
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Document identity
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26651
label
Portrait of a Man
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
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26651
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drawing
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normalized
title
Portrait of a Man
description
This may be a self-portrait of the prolific 19th-century American painter Charles Loring Elliott. In the early 1830s Elliott studied in New York City with John Trumbull and John Quidor. He spent the next decade as an itinerant portraitist, returning to New York around 1845, after which he began to exhibit his work at the National Academy of Design. Within five years he was considered to be the finest portrait painter of his time. Elliott seems to have painted more than seven hundred portraits during his career, but the inscription on this watercolor claims that only one of these was in the medium of watercolor.This work was formerly housed in one of William T. Walters' drawings albums.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1845
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
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3
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3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
19.6
height
16.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 11/16 x W: 6 7/16 in. (19.6 x 16.4 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature and date] Lower left: C.L. Elliott Jan. 2 1845; [Inscription] Lower right: My only sketch in water color. C.L.E. 1861
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watercolor on paper
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4578
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none
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2160
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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photo
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photo
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