Francis Asbury (1745-1816), (painting).

Francis Asbury (1745-1816), (painting).

Polk, Charles Peale, 1767-1822, painter.

Francis Asbury (1745-1816), (painting).

37 3/4 x 31 5/8 in. (cm. 95.9 x 80.3)

(Lower left:) Cs Polk/pinx 1794 signed

Half-length portrait of Francis Asbury standing at a pulpit with a Bible. His right hand is raised.

Portrait male -- Asbury, Francis -- Waist length

Occupation -- Religion -- Preacher

Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy

Object -- Written Matter -- Bible

United Methodist Society, Lovely Lane Museum, 2200 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218

Formerly in the collection of McCannon, James, Medford, Maryland

Simmons, Linda Crocker, "Charles Peale Polk, 1776-1822: a limner and his likenesses," Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1981, no. 73.

Townsend, J. Benjamin, ed., "This new man: a discourse in portraits," published for the National Portrait Gallery by the Smithsonian Institution Press (distributed by Random House, New York), 1968.

Antiques, November, 1968.

Simmons, Linda Crocker, "Charles Peale Polk, 1776-1822: a limner and his likenesses," Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1981, pg. 47.

Antiques, November, 1968, P.726

"This new man: a discourse in portraits," published for the National Portrait Gallery by the Smithsonian Institution Press (distributed by Random House, New York), 1968, p. 35.

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