Early American paintings; catalogue of an exhibition held in the Museum of the Brooklyn instituteof arts and sciences, Brooklyn, February 3d to March 12th, 1917 . Motier, Mar-quis de La Fayette, French officer, the companion of Wash-ington, was painted ca. 1824 during La Fayettes last visit toAmerica as the Nations Guest. It is said to be theoriginal study for the larger portrait now hanging in the NewYork City Hall. Dunlap in his biography of the artist speaksof the full-length of La Fayette which occupied his timefor some months in New York (1825). Tuckerman statesthat he had received a publ
Early American paintings; catalogue of an exhibition held in the Museum of the Brooklyn instituteof arts and sciences, Brooklyn, February 3d to March 12th, 1917 . Motier, Mar-quis de La Fayette, French officer, the companion of Wash-ington, was painted ca. 1824 during La Fayettes last visit toAmerica as the Nations Guest. It is said to be theoriginal study for the larger portrait now hanging in the NewYork City Hall. Dunlap in his biography of the artist speaksof the full-length of La Fayette which occupied his timefor some months in New York (1825). Tuckerman statesthat he had received a public commission to paint a portraitof La Fayette then on a visit to this canvas: H. 48 inches; W. 33^ inches. The property of the Brooklyn Museum. 53 EARLY AMERICAN PAINTINGS SAMUEL FINLEY BREEZE MORSE CONTINUED r_t STEPHEN MIX MITCHELL, (1743-1835).^ ? Stephen Mix Mitchell, of Wethersfield, Con-necticut, lawyer, delegate to Continental Congress, judge ofHartford County court, judge of Superior and SupremeCourts of Connecticut, United States canvas: H. 30 inches; W. 25 inches. Lent by the Connecticut Historical STEPHEN MIX MITCHELL BY SAMUEL FINLEY BREEZE MORSE
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