Portraits Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
PA.046 |
Title |
John Quincy Adams |
Artist |
King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 |
Date |
1819 circa |
Description |
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), sixth president of the United States, was born in Quincy, Massachusetts 11 July 1767. He was the son of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and Abigail Quincy Smith. He graduated from Harvard College in 1787 and was admitted to the bar in 1790. He married Louisa Catherine Johnson in 1797 and in 1803 was elected to the United States Senate from Massachusetts. He served as Secretary of State under President James Monroe and President of the United States in 1824. Portrait. Adult male subject in Colonial dress, waist-length view, facing left three-quarter turn, eyes in same direction, head tilted slightly downward. The subject's arms rest on the arms of a green upholstered chair. The subject has dark grey hair, brown eyes and wears a black coat with brass buttons, and a white vest, shirt and pants. The background is brown. |
Object Name |
Painting |
Medium |
Oil Paint |
Material |
Canvas |
Dimensions |
H-92.7 W-71.2 cm |
Credit line |
Gift of the Artist |
Provenance |
circa 1859 - Gift of Charles Bird King |
Inscription Type |
Inscription |
Inscription Technique |
Pencil |
Inscription Location |
on stretcher |
Inscriptions and Marks |
John Quincy Adams Sct of State at the time of this Original picture was painted by C. B. King Washington. |
Collection |
Painting |
People |
King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 |
Notes |
Formerly #93 (#90 on 1859 list). 1970 (Oct-Nov) National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D. C. "A Man for All Seasons:The Life Portraits of John Quincy Adams" |
Related Publications |
Annual Report 1925-26 (9); ACC King; 1970 The Adams Papers: Series IV: Portraits by Butterfield (330); 1942 (10 March) Minutes ; 1970 A Man for all Seasons: The Life Portraits of John Quincy Adams by Sadik (11); Portraits of John Quincy Adams and his Wife by Oliver (94); 1970 The Life Portraits of John Quincy Adams by the National Portrait Gallery. |