Mr. Hutchins
Artist
Samuel Lovett Waldo
(American, 1783 - 1861)
Artist
William Jewett
(American, 1789 - 1874)
Dateca. 1835
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 36 1/8 x 28 1/8 inches (91.76 x 71.44 cm)
Framed: 40 1/4 x 32 1/4 inches (102.24 x 81.92 cm)
Framed: 40 1/4 x 32 1/4 inches (102.24 x 81.92 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-301/1
SignedNone
On View
On viewGallery Location
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DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a man in a blue suit and white ruffled shirt, shown full face, seated in a chair with the right arm draped over the back of the chair and the left hand holding a stick. Red drapery in background.Gallery LabelSamuel L. Waldo studied with Benjamin West in London before establishing a successful portrait studio in New York in 1809. Three years later Waldo formed a business partnership with his apprentice William Jewett. The pair ably served the city's growing middle class by painting modest but flattering portraits until Waldo's retirement in 1854.
The fashionable gentleman and his wife (at right) appearing in these pendant likenesses are identified by their surname only. Given Waldo and Jewett's usual clientele, Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins were likely prominent New Yorkers. This portrait shows the amiable-looking Mr. Hutchins seated in a neoclassical side chair, a typical accessory in upper-middle class interiors of the 1830s and a standard prop in portraitists' studios.
The fashionable gentleman and his wife (at right) appearing in these pendant likenesses are identified by their surname only. Given Waldo and Jewett's usual clientele, Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins were likely prominent New Yorkers. This portrait shows the amiable-looking Mr. Hutchins seated in a neoclassical side chair, a typical accessory in upper-middle class interiors of the 1830s and a standard prop in portraitists' studios.
"Masterpiece of the Week," Kansas City Star, 1 March 1935, 30 (artist as Samuel Waldo);
"Pair of Portraits by American Week's Masterpiece at Museum," Kansas City Journal-Post, 3 March 1935, 8B (artist as Samuel Lovett Waldo);
NAMA 1941, 166 (as Portrait of Mr. Hutchins);
NAMA 1959, 258;
NAMA 1977, 21;
Ross E. Taggart, "American Paintings in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri," Antiques 122 (November 1982), 1030-31 (artist as Samuel L. Waldo);
NAMA 1991, 33-34.
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