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Portrait of Richard Paton (1716-1791), (painting). Artist:  Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828, painter. Title:  Portrait of Richard Paton (1716-1791), (painting). Dates:  ca. 1785. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  Sight: 36 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. Inscription:  (On back, before rebacking:) Portrait of R. Paton by Stewart of America sold by his successors, Moon Boys and Graves, Jul 11, 1837. Description:  Waist-length portrait of Richard Paton seated at a desk holding a bronze medal with his proper right hand and pointing to an engraving of a ship with his left hand. A red curtain is in the background, and an exploding ship is seen at right. Subject:  Portrait male -- Paton, Richard -- Waist length Occupation -- Art -- Painter Occupation -- Military -- Sailor Object -- Other -- Medal Object -- Written Matter -- Map Architecture interior Waterscape -- Boat Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Pope, Thomas H., Mr & Mrs, Coateswood 1700 Boundary Street, Newberry, South Carolina 29108 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Hammond, James H., South Carolina 1847 Formerly in the collection of Hammond, Edward Spann, Blackville, South Carolina. Formerly in the collection of Hammond, James H. Columbia, South Carolina ca. 1990. Remarks:  The painting was bought in London in 1847 by James H. Hammond of Columbia S. C. It was inherited by his son, Edward Spann Hammond of Blackville, and then by its last owner, James H. Hammond, from whom it is on indefinite loan to the Museum. Richard Paton (ca. 1716-1791) worked at sea, as an excise officer and general accountant, where he also painted. References:  National Society of Colonial Dames, South Carolina, 1990. "South Carolina Portraits: A Collection of Portraits of South Carolinians and Portraits in South Carolina," Columbia, SC: National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, 1996, pg. 290. "Barratt, Carrie Rebora, and Ellen G. Miles, "Gilbert Stuart," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, fig. 33. Illustration:  Image on file. "South Carolina Portraits: A Collection of Portraits of South Carolinians and Portraits in South Carolina," Columbia, SC: National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, 1996, pg. 290. "Barratt, Carrie Rebora, and Ellen G. Miles, "Gilbert Stuart," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, fig. 33. 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 73440551   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 73440551 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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