Portraits Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
PA.094 |
Title |
Richard Ward |
Artist |
Partridge, Nehemiah, 1683-1730 |
Date |
1722 circa; 1720-1740 (AAP, Belknap) |
Description |
Richard Ward (1689-1763) was born in Newport and served as Governor of Rhode Island (1740-43). He was the father of Mary Ward Flagg and half-brother of Henry Collins. His eldest son, Thomas, was Redwood Library’s first Secretary and brother-in-law of the Library’s founder, Abraham Redwood. Portrait. Adult standing male subject in Colonial dress, knee length view, facing left three quarter turn. Subject in grey wig wearing brown coat and vest and a white shirt. Standing with left hand on hip and right hand pointing down at right. Above subject's right hand is a pink rose with green leaves below center left. Dark brown curtain behind subject at right and exterior view at left with pink and blue clouds, tan buildings with blue roofs, and a pink and tan statue at the center left. View: the Breakers, residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt on Ochre Point in Newport. (AAP) |
Object Name |
Painting |
Medium |
Oil Paint |
Material |
Canvas |
Dimensions |
H-122.5 W-96.5 cm |
Credit line |
The Gladys Moore Vanderbilt Széchényi Memorial Collection |
Provenance |
1991, December 22 - The Gladys Moore Vanderbilt Széchényi Memorial Collection |
Collection |
Painting |
People |
Szechenyi, Gladys Vanderbilt, Countess, 1887-1965 Hadik, Alexandra Hadik, Andrew Hadik, Christopher Hadik, John Béla Prevost, Cornelia Hadik Partridge, Nehemiah, 1683-1730 Ward, Richard, 1689-1763 |
Notes |
Formerly #148. This painting is part of a collection of eight paintings given to the Redwood Library by descendents of Countess László Sechényi, a daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt (1843-1899). It was the wish of Countess Sechényi that the portraits remain together as a group in Newport. Since the family enjoyed a long association with the Redwood Library and a majority of the people depicted in the paintings are part of the history of Newport, it was felt that the Library was the appropriate repository for the portraits. 1936 Newport Art Museum "Retrospective Exhibition" catalogue attributed incorrectly to Smibert; 1967 (15 Jan-26 Feb, 5 March-16 April, 30 April-11 June) Abby Aldrich Rockerfeller Folk Art Collection "Merchants and Planters of the Upper Hudson Valley" |
Related Publications |
1982 Contributions Toward a History of Early Eighteenth-Century New York Portraiture: Identification of the Aetatis Suae and Wendell Limners by Black (American Art Journal 12:4-31); 1955 The Waldron Phoenix Belknap Jr. Collection of Portraits and Silver by Phillips and Parker ( ) ; 1959 "American Colonial Painting, Materials for a History by Belknap" (24b); 1971 "American Painting to 1776: A Reappraisa" edited by Quimby ( ); 1974 "History of the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House" by Lutman (2 ) |