Portrait of Alexander Townsend

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Portrait of Alexander Townsend

Gilbert StuartLinkedCulture matchlcp-fb1ff271d9d8

Date
1809
Medium
Oil on panel
Department
Arts of the Americas
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
1183

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This portrait of Alexander Townsend, a well-known Boston lawyer and orator, was painted soon after Gilbert Stuart had moved from Washington, D.C. to Boston. Because of the trade embargo with England and France, Stuart resorted to painting on a wooden panel rather than on canvas, which had to be imported. United States, Americas

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Gift of the Heirs of Mrs. Vernon A. Wright

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