Robert Feke, Portrait of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo, ca. 1748-1750, oil on canvas, 96 5/8 in. x 60 1/4 in. ( cm x 153 cm), Robert Feke's full-length portrait of Samuel Waldo commemorates the officer's leadership in the British and American victory in 1745 over the French at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. This was one of four contemporaneous full-length portraits celebrating the American commanders of that battle. The other featured officers were William Pepperrell, William Shirley, and Peter Warren, whose portraits John Smibert painted in 1745 and 1746. Here Waldo holds a baton, symbolizin
Robert Feke, Portrait of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo, ca. 1748-1750, oil on canvas, 96 5/8 in. x 60 1/4 in. ( cm x 153 cm), Robert Feke's full-length portrait of Samuel Waldo commemorates the officer's leadership in the British and American victory in 1745 over the French at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. This was one of four contemporaneous full-length portraits celebrating the American commanders of that battle. The other featured officers were William Pepperrell, William Shirley, and Peter Warren, whose portraits John Smibert painted in 1745 and 1746. Here Waldo holds a baton, symbolizing his status as a brigadier-general, but instead of being depicted in a uniform, he chose to dress as a prosperous merchant. Feke excelled in the painterly details of Waldo's luminous silk-velvet coat and red waistcoat trimmed in yards of thick gold braid. In a large horsehair wig, Waldo strikes a pose guided by British etiquette books.
Size: 4320px × 6936px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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