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Photography by Dwight Primiano
Marquis de Lafayette
Photography by Dwight Primiano

Marquis de Lafayette

Artist (1791 - 1872)
Date1825
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions29 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. (75.6 x 62.9 cm)
Framed: 42 in. × 37 in. × 4 3/4 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2005.26
Signedl.l. in ochre-colored paint: MORSE. pinx / THE ORIGINAL SKETCH
Accession number 2005.26
On View
On view
Provenanceto Philip Horne, ca. 1825; to (Inventory of Paintings, Statuary, Medals, etc, the Property of the Late Philip Horne to be sold at public auction…, New York, NY), April 28, 1852; purchased by William H. Osborn [1820-1894], 1852; to The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, 1876; to (Sotheby's, Inc. New York, NY), November 30, 2005, lot 1; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2005
Label TextThe Marquis de Lafayette was a French political leader who enthusiastically supported the American Revolution. He became an American general and fought alongside Washington during the war. This loosely painted portrait served as a study for a full-length portrait, now hanging at New York City Hall.

Samuel Finley Breese Morse studied under Benjamin West at the Royal Academy in London. He was a tireless crusader for the advancement of art in American society, however he became more well-known for his invention of the telegraph than for his paintings.

El Marqués de Lafayette era un líder político que apoyó, con entusiasmo, la Revolución Estadounidense. Se convirtió en un general de los Estados Unidos y luchó junto a Washington durante la guerra. Este retrato incompleto sirvió como un estudio para el retrato a cuerpo entero que ahora cuelga en la Alcaldía de la Ciudad de Nueva York.

Samuel Finley Breese Morse fue alumno de Benjamin West en la Academia Real en Londres. Fue un defensor incansable del progreso del arte en la sociedad estadounidense, sin embargo, fue más famoso por haber inventado el telégrafo, que por sus pinturas.

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