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Anthony Van Corlear
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Although he was an accomplished portraitist, Elliott had received little formal training apart from six months in 1829 spent in the studio of John Quidor (1801-81), who had broken with the traditional realism prevailing in the first half of the 19th century to produce highly fanciful scenes taken from the literature of Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper. In this scene, Elliott appears to acknowledge his indebtedness to Quidor who, by then, had been almost completely forgotten by the public.
In this work, Elliott had depicted the rotund Anthony Van Corlear, who won "prodigious favor in the eyes of the women by means of his whiskers and his trumpet." This scene is taken from Washington Irving's "Diederich Knickerboker's, A History of New York," (1809).
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Provenance
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Estate of William Tylee Ranner [date and mode of acquisition unknown; Ranney Sale, New York, December 1858, no. 175; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1858 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2005-2006 | The Walters' American Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1976 | America as Art. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 7/1/1948 | Treatment | coated; other |
| 4/19/1979 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 4/26/1979 | Treatment | repaired; cleaned; mounted; coated |
Geographies
USA, New York, New York City (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 12 1/16 x W: 10 in. (30.7 x 25.4 cm); Framed H: 20 1/4 x W: 18 1/2 xD: 3 1/4 in. (51.4 x 47 x 8.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1858
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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37.101