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John Neagle
ca. 1840
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
36 x 29 in. (91.4 x 73.7 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Wait, 1908
Accession Number
08.229
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
John Neagle · 1796–1865
John Neagle (1796–1865) was a leading American portrait painter active in Philadelphia during the first half of the nineteenth century. Born in Boston on November 4, 1796, he spent most of his life in Philadelphia after early training there. His artistic education began with drawing lessons from Pietro Ancora, followed by an apprenticeship to coach and sign painter Thomas Wilson, who introduced hi...