A Philadelphia druggist commissioned this portrait of Captain Dewey, who had recently attracted…
Tag Archives: Philadelphia
In the Gallery: Captain Samuel Worthington Dewey, by Thomas Sully, 1834
by Kristen Zimmerman, Registrar in Art
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Gilbert Stuart, the pre-eminent American portraitist of the Federal period, was born in Rhode Island. He was active in…
John Neagle spent most of his time in Philadelphia where he received his artistic training. Alongside his friend and brother-in-law, Thomas Sully…
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Born and educated in Philadelphia, Edmund Darch Lewis studied painting for only a short time before he began exhibiting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later at the National Academy of Design in New York. He quickly became one of the most popular painters in Philadelphia, specializing in landscapes and marine scenes [...]
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