Reverend John Callender, (painting).

Reverend John Callender, (painting).

Stuart, Jane, 1812-1888, painter.

Feke, Robert, ca. 1707-ca. 1751, painter. (copy after)

Reverend John Callender, (painting).

31 x 26 in. (78.7 x 66.0 cm).

Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy

Portrait male -- Callender, John

Redwood Library and Athenaeum, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island 02840

Purchased from Stuart, Jane, ca. 1843.

Purchased from the artist ca. 1843.

John Callender (1706-1748), a graduate of Harvard College (1723), was pastor of First Baptist Chruch in Newport (1731-1748). This painting was copied from the original Feke portrait, commissioned by Henry Collins as a companion portrait to that of Thomas Hiscox.

Paintings and Drawings in Redwood Collection, unpublished checklist, 1997.

Index of Paintings at Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island, n.d. (pamphlet).

National Society of Colonial Dames, Rhode Island, 1998.

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