Independence (Squire Jack Porter)
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Object Details
- Artist
- Frank Blackwell Mayer, born Baltimore, MD 1827-died Annapolis, MD 1899
- Sitter
- Jack Porter
- Gallery Label
- Jack Porter, a veteran of the War of 1812 who made a handsome living from Pennsylvania's coal mines, is surrounded by handmade objects, including a corncob pipe, a roughly-hewn wooden bench, and his wife's knitting. As a self-sufficient landholder and businessman, "Squire Jack" embodied an independent and enduring spirit that, by the 1850s, had become an American ideal, celebrated by painters and writers alike. The squire takes his ease on the porch of a substantial home, dressed in a flowered vest, black cravat, and polished boots that signal the rewards of his hard work.Exhibition Label, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Harriet Lane Johnston
- 1858
- Object number
- 1906.9.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 12 x 15 7/8 in. (30.4 x 40.3 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, South Wing
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Recreation\leisure\smoking
- Allegory\quality\determination
- Portrait male
- Architecture Exterior\detail\porch
- Architecture Exterior\domestic\house
- Record ID
- saam_1906.9.11
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d25db66f-8a65-463b-aa77-5532d096d20d
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