THE WORLD OF SAMUEL MEEKER, MERCHANT OF PHILADELPHIA, AND GILBERT STUART, AMERICAN PORTRAIT ARTIST

Friday, February 6, 2009

Gilbert Stuart painted The Skater and later Samuel Meeker; how old were our charaters of interest?

(see earlier entries to follow this story, note that all are PEERS)

At the time of the The Skater 1782
Gilbert Stuart 27
Phebe Meeker 19
Samuel Meeker 19
Johann Wilhelm von Goethe 33
Charlotte von Stein 40

At the time of the Meeker portrait 1803
Gilbert Stuart 48
Phebe Meeker 40
Samuel Meeker 40
Goethe 54
Charlotte von Stein 61

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Goethe’s age when he ran away from Charlotte 37

Note that scandal had not yet tainted the fame of Goethe when The Skater was conceived.

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