Thomas Corcoran
c. 1802/1810
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 92.71 × 75.09 cm (36 1/2 × 29 9/16 in.) framed: 110.49 × 85.09 × 8.57 cm (43 1/2 × 33 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Katherine Wood Dunlap)
Accession Number
2014.136.65
Art Historical Context
**Thomas Corcoran** by Charles Peale Polkc. 1802/1810) invites us into the world of early American portraiture This oil on canvas painting, measuring 36½ × 29⅞ inches, depicts Thomas Corcoran, a figure connected to the prominent Corcoran family—known for their philanthropy and ties to Washington, D.C.'s cultural institutions. Now part of the National Gallery of Art's Coran Collection (gift of Wood Dunlap), it the tradition of commissioned portraits that celebrated individual status in the young republic. Charles Peale Polk, a member of the illustrious Peale family of artists centered in Phila...