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Roger Sherman (1721-1795), (painting). Artist:  Weir, John Ferguson, 1841-1926, painter. Trumbull, John, 1756-1843, painter. (copy after) Title:  Roger Sherman (1721-1795), (painting). Dates:  1898. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  47 x 24 in. Inscription:  (Upper right:) Jno. F. Weir 1898 / hand copied from miniature by J. Trumbull (Upper center:) HON. ROGER SHERMAN 1721-1795 signed Description:  Waist-length portrait of Roger Sherman wearing a blue coat and a white ruffled shirt. He holds a quill pen in his raised proper right hand. Subject:  Portrait male -- Sherman, Roger -- Waist length Occupation -- Political -- Mayor Occupation -- Political -- Congressman Object -- Other -- Writing Tool Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Restricted Owner, Madison, Connecticut Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of White, Charles Atwood, Mr. & Mrs. (Frances Eaton), Gamble, Robert, Mrs. (Frances White), Haverford, Pennsylvania Daggett, David L., Mrs. (Frances Gamble), New Haven, Connecticut Aldrich, Richard, Mrs. (Frances Daggett), Providence, Rhode Island Remarks:  A posthumous portrait of Roger Sherman (1721-1795), mayor of New Haven and a delegate from Connecticut to the Continental Congress. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation and the Articles of Association. Weir copied the portrait from a miniature oil study painted by John Trumbull for his "Declaration of Independence" painting commissioned in 1817 and placed in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in 1826. References:  National Society of Colonial Dames, Rhode Island chapter, 1999. Owner, 2017. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 74520020   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 74520020 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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