GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This mezzotint of General Nathaniel Greene is based on an oil painting by Charles Wilson Peale, executed just weeks after Greene drove the British from Charleston. Peale's work was engraved by Valentine Green, based on an intermediary drawing by the British draftsman Thomas Stothard. Although some of the details in the mezzotint are original to Peale's painting of General Greene, Stothard took the liberty of adding a horse and attendant taken from Peale's 1779 portrait of George Washington titled Washington at Princeton.
Adapted from
DMA unpublished material.
NOTES
Created 1785
Object File Reviewed
TMS record reviewed
This object was improperly cataloged in TMS and thus did not appear in any searches for works by CWP in the collection. Peale was recorded as a typed addition to the display name of the engraver rather than cataloged as an object-related constituent.
The new format of the object-related constituents matches the approach used for the other mezzotint by Peale/Stothard/Green, 1992.B.56.
Artist- Drawn by Thomas Stothard (display order 1)
Artist- after Charles Willson Peale (display order 2)
Engraver- Valentine green (display order 3)
TMS data, DMA electronic records, n.d.
Kennedy Galleries label on verso
General Nathaniel Greene (1741-1786)
No. 117 in Exhibition " A Nation is Born," Kennedy Galleries Inc. May-June, 1955. Exhibited in "Art Treasures" Exhibition, Parke Bernet Galleries, June, 1955.
Chaloner Smith Cat. p. 575, No. 56.
Whitman Cat. No. 128.
Impression from the Collection of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid.
Should add published by: J. Brown
Title- General Green- misspelling of Greene's last name? Should the title remain as is because it comes from the inscription or should it be changed to the proper spelling? Alternately, i can add Greene as the depicted individual and create a constituent recrod so that his name appears with proper spelling on the object page but this could cause more confusion when the title and depicted individual are spelled differently?
2007- Nathaniel dropped from title (had previously been General Nathaniel Greene)
2009- Greene changed to Green
Variant- General Nathaniel Greene- shown on DMA label on verso
Verso photo shows former label from Kennedy Galleries. I enlarged the label and printed both full color and high contrast images for the object file.
Bibliographic sources are available in the object file but do not appear in TMS.
Exh- Faces of a New Nation
Nathaniel Greene (1742-1786)
command southern department of the Continental forces
Led defeat of British in Charleston, Dec 1782
CWP offerred to paint Greene's portrait for the governor of SC
At the same time, Peale made a bust length portrait for his gallery of illustrious men
replica of the small portrait sent to London in late 1783 with the full-length portrait of GWashington
Joseph Brown purchased both paitnings
For commercial purposes, Brown asked Stothard to convert the Greene portrait into a full length view so that he could sell Greene and Washington as a pair.
Stothard improvised much of the uniform and background based on standard British portraiture devices.
He added an aide and a horse, which corresponds to the aide and horse he removed from the Washington portrait.
"Under Nathaniel Greene's (1742-86) command of the southern department of the Continental forces, Charleston's occupation by the British was ended in Decemberr 1782. Within a few weeks, Charles Wilson Peale offered to paint the general's portrait for the governor of South Carolina. At the same time, he decided to make a bust-length version for his own gallery of great Americans. A replica of this small portrait was sent to London late in 1783 along with the full-length Washington portrait, both of which Joseph Brown purchased. Obviously concluding that the market was more likely to purchase a matched pair, Brown and Thomas Stothard developed the portrait of Greene into a full-length format. Where Peale had provided accurate detailing, the English artist was on safe ground; however, most of Greene's uniform and the wooded backdrop are standard English devices. Interestingly, the aide and horse that Stothard had chosen to eliminate from the Washington portrait engraving reappear, though slightly rearranged, to the left of General Greene." #80 (pg #?) Two Centuries of Prints in America 1680-1880: A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection, E. McSherry Fowble
Change classification to engraving to show that mezzotint is a form of engraving?
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Thomas Stothard- artist- the image of GWashington lists Stothard as "drawn by"
Valentine Green- engraver
Charles Wilson Peale- artist- NOT SHOWN IN BRAIN
Thomas Stothard- drawn by
Valentine Green- engraver
Charles Wilson Peale- artist
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Place of origin: London (England): TGN: 7011781
Place of original painting's origin: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania/United States): TGN: 7014406
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military uniform
general
sword
epaulets
trees
horse
soldiers
rifles
Colonial North American
trees
waistcoat
spurs
boots
mezzotint
human figures
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From 1992: Dallas Museum of Art, The Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, gift of Faith P. Bybee
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General Description
This mezzotint of General Nathaniel Greene is based on an oil painting by Charles Wilson Peale, executed just weeks after Greene drove the British from Charleston. Peale's work was engraved by Valentine Green, based on an intermediary drawing by the British draftsman Thomas Stothard. Although some of the details in the mezzotint are original to Peale's painting of General Greene, Stothard took the liberty of adding a horse and attendant taken from Peale's 1779 portrait of George Washington titled Washington at Princeton.
Adapted from
DMA unpublished material.
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Notes
Created 1785
Object File Reviewed
TMS record reviewed
This object was improperly cataloged in TMS and thus did not appear in any searches for works by CWP in the collection. Peale was recorded as a typed addition to the display name of the engraver rather than cataloged as an object-related constituent.
The new format of the object-related constituents matches the approach used for the other mezzotint by Peale/Stothard/Green, 1992.B.56.
Artist- Drawn by Thomas Stothard (display order 1)
Artist- after Charles Willson Peale (display order 2)
Engraver- Valentine green (display order 3)
TMS data, DMA electronic records, n.d.
Kennedy Galleries label on verso
General Nathaniel Greene (1741-1786)
No. 117 in Exhibition " A Nation is Born," Kennedy Galleries Inc. May-June, 1955. Exhibited in "Art Treasures" Exhibition, Parke Bernet Galleries, June, 1955.
Chaloner Smith Cat. p. 575, No. 56.
Whitman Cat. No. 128.
Impression from the Collection of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid.
Should add published by: J. Brown
Title- General Green- misspelling of Greene's last name? Should the title remain as is because it comes from the inscription or should it be changed to the proper spelling? Alternately, i can add Greene as the depicted individual and create a constituent recrod so that his name appears with proper spelling on the object page but this could cause more confusion when the title and depicted individual are spelled differently?
2007- Nathaniel dropped from title (had previously been General Nathaniel Greene)
2009- Greene changed to Green
Variant- General Nathaniel Greene- shown on DMA label on verso
Verso photo shows former label from Kennedy Galleries. I enlarged the label and printed both full color and high contrast images for the object file.
Bibliographic sources are available in the object file but do not appear in TMS.
Exh- Faces of a New Nation
Nathaniel Greene (1742-1786)
command southern department of the Continental forces
Led defeat of British in Charleston, Dec 1782
CWP offerred to paint Greene's portrait for the governor of SC
At the same time, Peale made a bust length portrait for his gallery of illustrious men
replica of the small portrait sent to London in late 1783 with the full-length portrait of GWashington
Joseph Brown purchased both paitnings
For commercial purposes, Brown asked Stothard to convert the Greene portrait into a full length view so that he could sell Greene and Washington as a pair.
Stothard improvised much of the uniform and background based on standard British portraiture devices.
He added an aide and a horse, which corresponds to the aide and horse he removed from the Washington portrait.
"Under Nathaniel Greene's (1742-86) command of the southern department of the Continental forces, Charleston's occupation by the British was ended in Decemberr 1782. Within a few weeks, Charles Wilson Peale offered to paint the general's portrait for the governor of South Carolina. At the same time, he decided to make a bust-length version for his own gallery of great Americans. A replica of this small portrait was sent to London late in 1783 along with the full-length Washington portrait, both of which Joseph Brown purchased. Obviously concluding that the market was more likely to purchase a matched pair, Brown and Thomas Stothard developed the portrait of Greene into a full-length format. Where Peale had provided accurate detailing, the English artist was on safe ground; however, most of Greene's uniform and the wooded backdrop are standard English devices. Interestingly, the aide and horse that Stothard had chosen to eliminate from the Washington portrait engraving reappear, though slightly rearranged, to the left of General Greene." #80 (pg #?) Two Centuries of Prints in America 1680-1880: A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection, E. McSherry Fowble
Change classification to engraving to show that mezzotint is a form of engraving?
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Thomas Stothard- artist- the image of GWashington lists Stothard as "drawn by"
Valentine Green- engraver
Charles Wilson Peale- artist- NOT SHOWN IN BRAIN
Thomas Stothard- drawn by
Valentine Green- engraver
Charles Wilson Peale- artist
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: London (England): TGN: 7011781
Place of original painting's origin: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania/United States): TGN: 7014406
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
portrait
military uniform
general
sword
epaulets
trees
horse
soldiers
rifles
Colonial North American
trees
waistcoat
spurs
boots
mezzotint
human figures
gloves
hats
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1992: Dallas Museum of Art, The Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, gift of Faith P. Bybee
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