Keywords: Sampson Vryling Stoddard Wilder.jpg Artwork Creator John Vanderlyn 1808 “1812 Oil on canvas in 36 375 28 875 en Note three inscriptions 1 written in black on the document by his right hand Monsieur/Sampson V S Wilder/Rue de ClĂ©ry/No 25 Paris and 68/LYON ; 2 written in black on the letter on the desk behind the aforementioned document S Higginson Jr ; 3 written in yellow on the spine of the book in the lower right LEX/MERCATOR Institution Worcester Art Museum 1981 331 object history provenanceEvent gift Lawrence Alan Haines in memory of his father Wilder Haydn Haines Worcester Art Museum http //www worcesterart org/Collection/Early_American/Artists/vanderlyn/sampson/enlargement html http //www worcesterart org/Collection/Early_American/Artists/vanderlyn/sampson/painting html Catalog Information Technical Notes and Discussion other versions PD-old-100 John Vanderlyn Paintings in the Worcester Art Museum 19th-century oil portraits of sitting men at half length 1808> 19th-century portrait paintings in the United States 1808> Desks in portrait paintings 1808> Federal furniture Portrait paintings of men sitting in armchairs 1808> Portrait paintings of sitting men with arms resting on tables 1808> Portraits with letters 1808> Red drapery in portrait paintings 1808> |