THE WORLD OF SAMUEL MEEKER, MERCHANT OF PHILADELPHIA, AND GILBERT STUART, AMERICAN PORTRAIT ARTIST
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Portrait of Samuel Meeker by Gilbert Stuart
c. 1803, Philadelphia.
This portrait has never left family hands. That it ended up in mine, is something of a miracle!
He has a normal nose. I have noted that an inordinate number of GS sitters had large, mostly ugly noses.
As Ms Evans described, "Hollywood good looks!"
This portrait has never left family hands. That it ended up in mine, is something of a miracle!
He has a normal nose. I have noted that an inordinate number of GS sitters had large, mostly ugly noses.
As Ms Evans described, "Hollywood good looks!"
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