Portraits Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
PA.143 |
Title |
Joseph Wanton |
Artist |
unknown |
Date |
n.d. |
Description |
Governor Joseph Wanton (1705-1780), one of the original members of the Company of the Redwood Library (1747), was the last Colonial governor of Rhode Island (1769-75). Portrait. Adult Male Subject. Mid-waist length view. He is turned 3/4th to his right, while gazing at the viewer. He is wearing a wig, white cravat, white shirt, black waistcoat, and red overcoat. The background is dark olive green. |
Object Name |
Painting |
Medium |
Oil Paint |
Material |
Canvas |
Dimensions |
H-76.2 W-63.5 cm |
Credit line |
Gift of Angelica Gilbert Gardiner |
Provenance |
1844 - Gift of Angelica Gilbert Gardiner |
Collection |
Painting |
People |
Gardiner, Angelica Gilbert, 1802-1844 unknown Wanton, Joseph, 1705-1780 |
Notes |
Artist is potentially Thomas Hudson? Formerly #34. Gardiner states that the portrait was painted in England, but does not know by whom. (The Old Homestead 22). In 1864 it was copied by Jane Stuart (Minutes 12 Dec 1864) 12 Dec 1864 the Directors gave permission to Jane Stuart "to take to her house the portraits of Govenor and Mrs. Wanton [painting #30] so long as it may be necessary for her to copy them" (Annals 247; Minutes 12 Dec 1864). 1950 (Summer) Preservation Society loan for use at the Hunter House |
Related Publications |
Annual Report 1949-50 (24) and 56-1957 (2); ACC, Restoration; Booklist Feb 1936; Annals (247) ; 1978 (Summer) Newport History 171:(55); In the Minds and Hearts of the People, Prologue to the American Revolution: 1760-1774 by Miller (153) |