Asher Brown Durand
His Excellency Oliver Wolcott, Governor of the State of Connecticutt

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Artist Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796–1886)American, 1796–1886

Artistafter Thomas Sully (American, born England, 1783–1872)American, born England, 1783–1872

CultureAmerican

Titles

His Excellency Oliver Wolcott, Governor of the State of Connecticutt

Datec. 1820

PlaceNew York, New York, United States

MediumLine engraving on paper

DimensionsImage: 8 1/4 × 7 in. (21 × 17.8 cm)
Plate: 12 5/8 × 10 in. (32 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet (Irregular): 16 5/8 × 13 1/8 in. (42.2 × 33.3 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by William E. Huvar, Jr. in honor of Dr. Raymond Pledger, Jr.

Object numberB.2000.14

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DescriptionOliver Wolcott was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, an officer in the Revolutionary War, a member of the Continental Congress, and governor of Connecticut. Asher Brown Durand made this engraving after a painting by Thomas Sully, who came to the United States from England as a boy and lived most of his life in Philadelphia. Durand went on to become a leading landscape painter of the Hudson River School.
Provenance[The Philadelphia Print Shop, Philadelphia]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, center: ENGRAVED BY A.B. DURAND / HIS EXCELLENCY OLIVER WOLCOTT, / Governor of the State of Connecticut. / From an original picture painted by Sully, in the poſseſsion of/ William Gracie Esqr.
Verso: Inscribed in ink, center: [illegible mark]

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