John Bush (1755-1816), 1785/86

| Matthew Pratt (1734-1805)
| oil on canvas
| 29 1/2 x 25 3/4 (74.93 x 65.40)
| Gift of Maria Pratt Chaffin, 1896
| Weis 19, 21

Ex. Coll.: Sitters; to their daughter Cornelia Bush Pratt (b. 1784); in 1879 to her son John Bush Pratt (1808-95); to his sister, the donor.

Exhibitions:
1949, ‘From Colony to Nation,’ Art Institute of Chicago, no. 97.
1971, ‘Early American Paintings from the Collections of the Worcester Art Museum and the American Antiquarian Society,’ Worcester Art Museum.
1977, ‘Wellsprings of a Nation,’ Worcester Art Museum, no. 260.

Publications:
William Sawitsky, Matthew Pratt (New York: New-York Historical Society, 1942), 41-43, plates 28-29.

 

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