Peter Olcott (1733-1808), Class of 1790H, Dartmouth Trustee
Joseph Steward, American, 1753 - 1822
formerly attributed to John Trumbull
about 1790
Oil on canvas
Overall: 30 1/8 × 26 in. (76.5 × 66 cm)
Frame: 37 × 33 in. (94 × 83.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Sarah Olcott Brinley
P.893.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 86, Senior Seminar in Art Historical Theory and Method, Mary Coffey, Winter 2013
ARTH 86, Senior Seminar in Theory and Method, Mary Coffey, Winter 2012
ARTH 86, Senior Seminar in Art Historical Theory and Method, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2014
ARTH 85, Senior Seminar in Theory and Method, Mary Coffey, Fall 2014
HIST 9.1, Empires and Colonies in North America, Paul Musselwhite, Fall 2014
Exhibition History
American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 9-December 9, 2007.
American Folk Art at the Hood Museum of Art (a thematic partial permanent gallery installation); Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, July 16, 2015.
Joseph Steward, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Connecticut, November 1, 1981-January 30, 1982.
Publication History
The Farming Project: A Nine-Part Journey Beyond the Mystique of Farming in Vermont, Colchester, Vermont: Vermont ETV, 1994
Catalogue of Portraits, and other works of Art at Dartmouth College, Hanover: Dartmouth College, 1932, p. 29, no. 114.
George Hill Evans, Catalogue of Portraits and other works of art in the gallery of Dartmouth College, Hanover: Dartmouth College, 1901, p. 35, no. 126.
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 23, no. 3.
Provenance
1893 given to Dartmouth College by the sitter's granddaughter, Sarah Olcott Brinley of Newport, Rhode Island.
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