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John Carter, (painting). Artist:  Brown, Samuel, painter. Title:  John Carter, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1853. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  18 5/8 x 14 3/4 in. Inscription:  (Pencil inscription on stretcher:) Portrait of John (?) of Providence (three additional lines of text appear on back of canvas) unsigned Description:  Profile bust of John Carter wears a white ruffled stock and a dark coat. Subject:  Portrait male -- Carter, John -- Bust Portrait male -- Carter, John -- Profile Occupation -- Industry -- Printing Occupation -- Writer -- Journalist Occupation -- Writer -- Publisher Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Brown, John Nicholas, Heirs of, John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization, 357 Benefit Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Remarks:  John Carter (1745-1814) was a printer, publisher and journalist. Native to Philadelphia, he died in Providence in 1814. IAP files contain an excerpt from "John Carter of Providence, Rhode Island, a brief Narrative by his Great-great grandson John Carter Brown Woods," reprinted from Rhode Island Historical Society Collections, Oct. 1918. References:  John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization, 1990. 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 65780004   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 65780004 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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