Andrew Oliver
Object Details
- Artist
- John Singleton Copley, 3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815
- Sitter
- Andrew Oliver, 28 Mar 1706 - 3 Mar 1774
- Exhibition Label
- Born Boston, Massachusetts
- Andrew Oliver, a longstanding Massachusetts colonial officer, was responsible for enforcing the Stamp Act of 1765, which imposed a tax on all paper in the colony. Although he took the position reluctantly, viewing the act as a “public Misfortune,” Oliver became the target of violent protests that presaged the impending revolution. After destroying his property and threatening his life, an angry mob gathered under the Liberty Tree, the site of patriotic protest. Forced to make a statement, Oliver swore he would take no measures for enforcing an act, “which is so grievous to the People.”
- Nacido en Boston, Massachusetts
- Andrew Oliver, oficial colonial de Massachusetts por largo tiempo, fue responsable de implementar la Ley del Sello de 1765, que creó un impuesto para todo material impreso en la colonia. Aunque aceptó con reticencia, considerando la ley una “desgracia pública”, Oliver se convirtió en blanco de protestas violentas que presagiaban la inminente revolución. Tras destruir su propiedad y amenazarlo de muerte, una turba se reunió bajo el Árbol de la Libertad, lugar de protestas patrióticas. Obligado a hacer una declaración, Oliver juró que no tomaría medidas para ejecutar una ley “tan penosa para el pueblo”.
- Provenance
- (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York); purchased 1978 NPG
- Provenance compiled by Hirschl & Adler: Andrew Oliver, the sitter; his son Andrew Oliver, Jr.; his son B. Lynde Oliver, Salem; his nephew B. Lynde Oliver; purchased 1844 by a nephew Fitz-Edward Oliver;his sister Sarah Pynchon Oliver; purchased by her nephew Andrew Oliver; William H.P. Oliver, Morristown, N.J.; his three sons Peter, Seabury and Andrew Oliver; Seabury Oliver, great-great-great grandson of sitter.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; conserved with funds from the Smithsonian Women's Committee; frame conserved with funds from the Smithsonian Women's Committee
- c. 1758
- Object number
- NPG.78.218
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on copper
- Dimensions
- Frame: 21 x 18.4 x 1.9cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 3/4")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900
- On View
- NPG, East Gallery 142
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Miniature
- Andrew Oliver: Male
- Andrew Oliver: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman
- Andrew Oliver: Politics and Government\Government official\Lieutenant Governor\Massachusetts
- Andrew Oliver: Politics and Government\Loyalist
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.78.218
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d23a8020-b57d-4b4f-9c8d-06ef87b88181
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