Contributions

  • Miles, Ellen Gross, 1941- - Contributor
  • Burda, Patricia. - Contributor
  • Mills, Cynthia J. - Contributor
  • Reinhardt, Leslie Kaye. - Contributor

Publication

1995 - National Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia

Language

English

Word Count

105,750 words, Guess

Page Count

423 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • Goodreads1427758

Classifications

  • DDC759.13/09/033074753
  • LCCND207 .N28 1995

Alternate Titles

  • American paintings

Description

"The energy and optimism of the new nation are abundantly apparent in this catalogue. It features some of the icons of American art, such as John Singleton Copley's The Copley Family and Gilbert Stuart's portraits of the first five presidents. Numerous paintings, including Benjamin West's Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill), are discussed from a new perspective, the result of information culled from letters, wills, and other previously unpublished documents. The author offers new interpretations of some works, among them Charles Willson Peale's portrait of the Baltimore couple Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming. The volume is richly illustrated, with carefully selected comparative illustrations."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genres

  • Catalogs.

Series Statement

  • The collections of the National Gallery of Art : systematic catalogue

Other Editions

  • American paintings of the eighteenth centuryNational Gallery of Art1995-01-01

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