Alonzo CHAPPEL, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), 1861
oil on canvas, 88 x 52 in.
Life-sized, standing Ben Franklin in his 70's, interior scene with table and chair and papers lying on the floor, Philadelphia, PA.
M 345
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Listed as ID# M 346 in 1955 inventory
National Portrait Gallery CAP Survey PA 22 0090
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Provenance:
As per Chappel exhibition catalogue, Brandywine River Museum 1995, pg 69: In 1944 Cecilia Haggerty of Brooklyn owned it (Herman H. Diers, Alonzo Chappel File, National Museum of American Art, Washington DC & Frick reference library NYC). Before entering Lafayette's collection, was at Vose Gallery, Boston. It may have been the Franklin portrait exhibited by Chappel at the Brooklyn Art Association in 1864 - see Clark S. Marlor A History of the Brooklyn Art Association with an Index of Exhibitions, New York: James F. Carr, 1970. p.148.
Information from Vose Gallery Postcard:
This important portriat remained in private hands for almost 100 years. It was recently discovered and purchased by the Vose Galleries of Boston. In this 250th anniversary year of Franklin's birth this painting is available for purchse.
-Vose Galleries of Boston, 55a Boylston Street, Boston MA
From Robert D. Schwarz Fine Paintings: multiple portraits of Franklin were done by Chappel. Most of these were made to be source material for prints for publication. It is unknown if this particular pieces was made for this purpose and if reproductions were made.
Source Institute: Marquis Foundation
Credit Line: Lafayette College Art Collection, Easton, PA; Gift of the Marquis Foundation
B JOZIER, Charles William Nassau, 1882
oil on canvas, 27-1/4 x 22-1/8 overall
Portrait.
P 659
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 11/72: $100, Sharp; 2/28/82: $3,000 Shepard
Credit Line: Lafayette College Art Collection, Easton, PA
John Howard SANDEN, Ellis, David W., 1990
Oil/canvas
3/4 length, standing protrait of David Ellis.
Place: American, born 1935
1990.02
Credit Line: Lafayette College, Easton, PA
George LUKS, General Peyton Conway March (1864-1955), 1919
oil on canvas, 44 1/8 x 38 3/8 in.
Peyton Conway March (December 27, 1864 – April 13, 1955) was a United States Army officer who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1918 until 1921. March attended Lafayette College from 1880-1884; his father was Francis Andrew March, a Lafayette professor. Painted from photograph.
L 407
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: From Robert D. Schwarz: George Luks values vary dramatically based on subject matter; portraits by the artist are some of the least valuable.
Gift of Allan P. Kirby; using Scott & Fowles; E.J. Rousuck
Source Institute: Mr. Allan P. Kirby, Class of 1915
Credit Line: Kirby Collection of Historical Paintings, Lafayette College, Easton, PA; Gift of Allan P. Kirby (class of 1915)
Caleb BOYLE, John Jay (1745-1829); first Chief Justice of the U.S., after 1782
oil on canvas, 92 1/2 x 61 1/4 in.
Full length standing portrait showing Jay as treaty maker. This painting is a companion to Boyle's Thomas Jefferson (K 06). They have always been sold and purchased together, but are separate entities.
K 07
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: NOTE: database had the 1782 date; 1801 date from information in the object file
See Gilbert Stuart, Portrait of John Jay, 1794
Full length standing portrait showing Jay as treaty maker. This painting is a companion to Boyle's Thomas Jefferson (K 06). They have always been sold and purchased together, but are separate entities.
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Provenance Notes:
This painting was unveiled on campus 09-02-1943 at a ceremony in the Kirby Hall of Civil Rights library.
Provenance:
1889 exhibited at the Washington Inaugural Centennial Exhibition at the Metropolitan Opera House; 1822 bought by Sir William Brown in Liverpool, England and hung in his "Holmbush House" in Faygate, Sussex for 106 years; sold by his great grandson Brigadier Gen. Howard Clifton Brown to Mr. Percy A. Rockefeller for $25,000.00; illustrated in the Rotogravure Section of the New York Times 01-08-1928; hung in Rockefeller's 26 Broadway, New York office until his death; 1939 exhibited at the opening of the Art Gallery of University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Source Institute: Mr. Allan P. Kirby, Class of 1915
Credit Line: Kirby Collection of Historical Paintings, Lafayette College, Easton, PA; Gift of Allan P. Kirby (class of 1915)
Raymond Perry Rodgers NEILSON, John McCracken (as he looked 1916-27), c. 1946
oil on canvas, 47 x 37-1/4 in. frame size
P 662
Credit Line: Lafayette College, Easton, PA. Gift of Mrs. Edith McCracken (ne' Constable)
Jean Baptiste LE PAON, Lafayette at Yorktown, 1782-85, ca.
oil on canvas, 36 1/2 x 28 3/4 in.
Full length standing pose of Lafayette with his horse being held by his attendant (possibly James Armistead - not confirmed), battlefield in background.
L 400
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Provenance Notes:
This provenance is taken from 1934, 1938, 1955 correspondence in the object file. It is also listed in the "Lafayette Centenary Exhibition" catalogue in object file. Still undergoing research. There is a letter from Nolhac in the file that indicates he did not have a pedigree from the seller he purchased it from and could not remember the dealer in Paris he used. A note from Mr. Hubbard in the object file states "Le Paon was the court painter to Louis XVI and that the painting is recorded in Bergets French Dictionary of Painters." He also states there is an "engraving of the painting by Le Mire with dedication to General Washington engraved upon the plate. Mt. Vernon has one of these engravings. This is the original painting."
Noel Le Mire engraving also exists in the collection of the Houghton Library at Harvard University, inscribed with dedication to General Washington (Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Honors Lafayette, catalog prepared by Agnes Mongan December 3, 1975 - March 12, 1976; pp. 40-41).
See ID# D 204 for the engraving.
Provenance:
circa 1908-1918 Rodman Wanamaker purchased from the collection of M. Pierre Nolhac(q) for $8500;
Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock of New York helped her friend, Sara Hill of New York, sell the painting to Helen Fahnstock Hubbard (Mrs. John Hubbard) for $3500.00. Gifted to Lafayette College by Mrs. Hubbard in 1938
According to an article in The Lafayette, June 10, 1938, Mrs. Helen Fahnstock of New York and Paris gave the painting in memory of her husband, John Hubbard, graduate of Harvard U, 1892. It was unveiled at Commencement 1938.
According to the Frick Reference Library, record # 18235:
Mlle de la F...
(h) Douthitt Gallery;
(h) M. Pierre de Nolhac;
(h) sold by him to Mr. Rodman Wanamaker, Philadelphia (died March 9, 1928);
(h) bequeathed by him to his son, Capt. John Wanamaker;
(h) presented by him to a relative;
(h) Mrs. John Hubbard, New York;
(h) Lafayette College, Van Wickle Library, Easton, Pennsylvania.
Credit Line: Lafayette College Art Collection, Easton, PA; Gift of Helen Fahnstock Hubbard in Memory of her husband, John Hubbard (Harvard class of 1892)
Thomas SULLY, Marquis de Lafayette, Jan 16, 1826-1833
oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.
Study oil painting; full portrait of man in dark suit with high collared white shirt and dark cape with red collar, top hat with walking stick in hand; in shadow of large covered porch structure; exterior scene of streetscape, figure with horses.
1987.01
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Dec. 1824 Sully states in his autobiography, "Lafayette I painted from life in Washington"--this likely refers to an ink and watercolor sketch (see letter from Stuart Feld and picture in object file).
NOTE: end date determined by Linda Ayres, Mt Vernon house and garden, 2006
Provenance Notes:
Excerpt from Marvin Sadik's letter in object file dated April 15, 1987.
Provenance:
Thomas Sully, 1826; Garrett C. Neagle, the artist's grandson, 1872; Josiah Brant, 1876; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Church, Brandt's daughter and son-in-law, 1900; Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Church, the Church's son and daughter-in-law, 1931; Hubert Church, Jr., Elizabeth Church Hayne, and Joan Church Roberts, the children of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Church, 1982-1987; Mrs. Shirley Sack.
for a life-size painting commissioned by "The Citizens of Philadelphia" in 1824 now in the collection of Independence National Park and exhibited at the Second Bank of Philadelphia. Dec. 1824 Sully states in his autobiography, "Lafayette I painted from life in Washington"--this likely refers to an ink and watercolor sketch (see letter from Stuart Feld and picture in object file).
NOTE: end date determined by Linda Ayres, Mt Vernon house and garden, 2006
Culture: Study for Independence Hall Portrait
From Robert D. Schwarz Fine Paintings: This is a smaller version of the painting in the collection of Independence National Historical Park; though different in some fine details it does not appear to be a study but rather another version.
Credit Line: Lafayette College Art Collection, Easton, PA
Jean Baptiste CARPENTIER, Portrait of Lafayette, 1785
oil on canvas, 21 3/4 x 18 in.
P 911
Credit Line: Lafayette College Art Collection, Easton, PA; Gift of Stuart W. Jackson
Jennifer Heyd WHARTON, President Dan Weiss, 2014
oil on canvas, 47 x 37 x 2 3/4 in.
Presidential portrait
2014.03.45
Source Institute: Portraits Inc
William WALCUTT, Pulling Down the Statue of George III at Bowling Green, 1857
oil on canvas, 51 5/8 x 77 5/8 in.
M 340
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: After the reading of the draft of the Declaration of Independence at Bowling Green, lower Manhattan, July 10, 1776, Colonists respond by pulling down on the equestrian statue of King George III off its pedestal with ropes by colonists. Many colonists shown in action moving around, buildings to the left and right, two dogs in the foreground.
Source Institute: Marquis Foundation
Credit Line: Lafayette College Art Collection, Easton, PA; Gift of the Marquis Foundation
Robert BURNS, Ralph Cooper Hutchinson, 1957
oil on Masonite, 43-1/2
Culture: 11th President of Lafayette College
P 654
Credit Line: Lafayette College Art Collection, Easton, PA
Robert STREET (attributed), Reverend George Junkin, (Pres. 1844-1848), c. 1835-45
oil on canvas, 47 x 39.75 frame size
Seated, waist-length portrait facing 3/4 dexter hands on open book; looking directly at viewer. National Portrait Gallery CAP # PA 22.0104.
P 661
Credit Line: Lafayette College Art Collection, Easton, PA.
Dana VAN HORN, Rotberg, Robert, 1998
acrylic on canvas
Portrait of Rotberg, seated on desk in front of bookscase and map of Africa.
Place: Allentown, PA
1998.03
Credit Line: Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Unknown Artist, Traill Green (President 1890-91), c. 1900
oil on canvas, 30.25 x 25.25 overall
38-1/4 x 33 (frame); 28-3/4 x 23-3/4 oval surround
Place: AMERICAN
P 653
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 1973, Spark, $100.00 1982, Shepard, $2,000. 1993, Bond, 3,500.
Place: AMERICAN
Credit Line: Lafayette College Art Collection, Easton, PA
Francis Bicknell CARPENTER, William Cassaday Cattell (1827-1898), 1884/1892
oil on canvas, 50 x 40
50.00 x 40.00 in.
57
P 651
Credit Line: Lafayette College Art Collection, Easton, PA