Robert G. L. De Peyster

1828

Samuel Lovett Waldo

Associated Names
Samuel Lovett Waldo

Artist, American, 1783 - 1861

This image depicts a man from the waist up. He is seated, slightly turned to his right, while facing the viewer. The man has a composed expression, prominent cheekbones, and a slightly pointed nose. His dark brown hair is styled in a classic early 19th-century manner, with curls around the sides and forehead. He is dressed in a dark blue coat with gold buttons, a yellow waistcoat, a high-collared white shirt, and a decorative pin. In his right hand, he holds a piece of folded paper with writing on it. The background is an indistinct swirl of darker colors.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on wood

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 84 x 64 cm (33 1/16 x 25 3/16 in.)
    framed: 104.1 x 86.4 x 7.6 cm (41 x 34 x 3 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.8.38

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. V. H. Fields, New York; (Ehrich Galleries, New York); purchased 2 February 1924 by Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1924

  • Exhibition of Portraits of Early American Portrait Painters, The Union League Club, New York, February 1924, no. 6.

1928

  • Portraits by Early American Artists of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Collected by Thomas B. Clarke, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928-1931, unnumbered and unpaginated catalogue, as R. G. Livingston De Peyster.

1940

  • Survey of American Painting, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1940, unnumbered.

1943

  • American Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1943.

1947

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1947.

1948

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1948.

1950

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1950.

1951

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1951.

1952

  • [Opening exhibition of new art gallery], Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1952-1953, no cat.

1953

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1953.

1955

  • American Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.

Bibliography

1928

  • Portraits by Early American Artists of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Collected by Thomas B. Clarke. Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928, unnumbered.

1930

  • Sherman, Frederic Fairchild. Early American Portraiture. New York, 1930: 18.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 118, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 253, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 394, no. 562, color repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 372, repro.

1998

  • Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 224-226, color repro.

Inscriptions

lower right on letter: WALDO New York July 1828 / Robt. G. L. Depeyster

Wikidata ID

Q20185645

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