Portraits Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
PA.003 |
Title |
Robert Rogers |
Artist |
Allston, Washington, 1779-1843 |
Date |
1799 |
Description |
Robert Rogers (1758-1835), born in Newport, was a graduate of Brown College (1775), served in the Revolution, and was Secretary, Director, and Librarian of the Library for more than 20 years. After serving in the Revolution, he opened a successful classical school in Newport. Portrait. Adult male in Colonial dress, bust view, facing right three-quarter turn. The subject has light brown hair, dark brown eyes and wears a brown jacket with white shirt and collar. Diagonal medium red curtain in back right of figure shading to dark brown at top left. Possibly dark brown wall beyond curtain. |
Object Name |
Painting |
Medium |
Oil Paint |
Material |
Canvas |
Dimensions |
H-79 W-63.5 cm |
Credit line |
Bequest of John E. Allston |
Provenance |
1877, April 11 - Bequest of John E. Allston |
Inscription Technique |
Pencil |
Inscription Location |
Stretch |
Inscriptions and Marks |
Allston |
Collection |
Painting |
People |
Allston, John E. Allston, Washington, 1779-1843 Rogers, Robert, 1758-1835 |
Notes |
Formerly #62. The portrait was painted when Washington Allston was a student at Harvard College. 1969-70 (Oct-May) Wichita Art Museum traveling exhibition "American Paintings from Newport": Wilmington, Delaware; San Francisco, California; Wichita, Kansas; Cincinnati, Ohio; 1992 (4 July-13 Sept) Newport Art Museum "NewPortraits" |
Related Publications |
Annual Report 1876-1877 (8); Annals (357-8) ; 1948 Washington Allston: A Study of the Romantic Artist in America by Richardson (pl IV); 1969 American Paintings from Newport by Boyle (22); 1981 Painters of the Humble Truth: Masterpieces of American Still Life, 1801-1837 by Gerdts (23) |