The Pollard Limner

American, active c. 1690/1730

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This image is a portrait of a person from the waist up. The individual is facing forward, slightly turned to their left, with their right hand placed on their chest. They have wavy, dark brown hair that falls just below their shoulders, slightly arched eyebrows, dark eyes, a straight nose, and a subtle smile. The person wears a white shirt with a high collar and an orange outer garment draped over their shoulder. The background is a simple, muted brown that darkens towards the edges, framing the person in an oval vignette effect.
The Pollard Limner, Possibly William Metcalf, c. 1730, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1980.61.1

Possibly William Metcalf

The Pollard Limner · c. 1730 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1980.61.1

Bibliography

1947

  • Flexner, James Thomas. American Painting: First Flowers of Our Wilderness. Boston, 1947: 46-51, 270, 285.

1982

  • Fairbanks, Jonathan, and Robert Trent. New England Begins: The Seventeenth Century. 3 vols. Exh. cat. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1982: 3:420-421, 475.

  • Di Curcio, Robert A. Art on Nantucket: The History of Painting on Nantucket Island. Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1982: 1-2, 22, 23, 26-27, 243.

1992

  • Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 287-288.