Richard Mentor Johnson
1843
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 75.9 × 63 cm (29 7/8 × 24 13/16 in.) framed: 101.6 × 88.3 × 9.5 cm (40 × 34 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Mrs. Benjamin Ogle Tayloe)
Accession Number
2015.19.1
Rights
Public Domain
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...