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Source Description
Colonel Alexander Smith served in the Morgan Volunteers, a Baltimore-based company of the organized militia of the state of Maryland during the 1830s (the organized militia being the ancestor of the modern day Army National Guard). The Morgan Volunteers were a specialized unit, armed with rifles supplied by the state armorer at Annapolis. This portrait and its companion piece (Walters 37.2774) are among Miller's few early documented works. The colonel's account book lists a payment of seventy-five dollars made for this pair of portraits on April 1, 1833.
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Document identity
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3969
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Portrait of Colonel Alexander Smith (1790-1858)
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drawing
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Source metadata
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3969
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drawing
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normalized
title
Portrait of Colonel Alexander Smith (1790-1858)
description
Colonel Alexander Smith served in the Morgan Volunteers, a Baltimore-based company of the organized militia of the state of Maryland during the 1830s (the organized militia being the ancestor of the modern day Army National Guard). The Morgan Volunteers were a specialized unit, armed with rifles supplied by the state armorer at Annapolis. This portrait and its companion piece (Walters 37.2774) are among Miller's few early documented works. The colonel's account book lists a payment of seventy-five dollars made for this pair of portraits on April 1, 1833.
provenance
Colonel Alexander Smith, Baltimore, April 1, 1833, by commission; Dr. and Mrs. Gerhard Schmeisser, Gibson Island, Maryland, [date of acquisition unknown] by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 2006, by gift.
date
1833
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
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portraits
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1
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1
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import
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cm
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94.3
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81.6
depth
9
dimensionsRaw
Framed H: 37 1/8 × W: 32 1/8 × D: 3 9/16 in. (94.3 × 81.6 × 9 cm); Frame Window H: 29 1/2 × W: 24 3/16 in. (75 × 61.5 cm)
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10599
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oil on canvas
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4486
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photo
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