Object Number 1964.2202 A

Object Name

Painting (Portrait)

Title

William Williams

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

William Williams Sr. (Artist)
06/14/1727-04/27/1791

Place of Origin

Bristol, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1788-1790

Subjects

Portrait; Self-portrait

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

30.1 (H) , 25.1 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

76.5 (H) , 63.8 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Dickason, David Howard. 1970 William Williams: Novelist and Painter of Colonial America.
• pp. 44-45; 187-8
[Article] Richardson, Edgar P. 1972 "William Williams - A dissenting Opinion". American Art Journal. 4 (1): 5-23.
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[Article] Rather, Susan. 10//2002 "Benjamin West's Professional Endgame and the Historical Conundrum of William Williams". The William and Mary Quarterly. 59 (4)
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[Article] Dickason, David Howard. 1970 "Benjamin West on William Williams: A previously unpublished Letter". Winterthur Portfolio. 6
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[Article] Eagles, John. 03//1885 "The Beggar's Legacy". Blackwood's Magazine. pp. 457-502.
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[Article] Flexner, James Thomas. 11//1944 "The Amazing William Williams, Author, Teacher, Musician, Stage Designer, Castaway". Magazine of Art. p. 277ff.
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[Book] Flexner, James Thomas. 1947 American Painting: First Flowers of our Wilderness.
• pp. 176-185
[Article] Flexner, James Thomas. 01//1952 "Documents on Benjamin West and William Williams". New York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin. 36 (1): pp. 34-41.
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[Book] Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• p. 74, no. 39; repro. p. 75.
[Article] Sawitzky, William. 05//1937 William Williams, First Instructor of Benjamin West. Antiques. 30 (5): 240-242.
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[Article] Sawitzky, William. 07//1941 "Further light on the work of William Williams". New York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin. 25 (3): pp. 101-112.
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[Article] Smith, Helen Burr. 10//1951 "The Two William Williams' ". New York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin. 35 (4): pp. 375-385.
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[Article] Lemmer, Geoffrey Michael. 1971 "X-Radiography as an Aid to the Examination of Paintings", in Quimby, Ian M. G. 1971. American Painting to 1776: A Reappraisal. Seventeenth Annual Winterthur Conference. 315-319.
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[Article] Wingel, Kelsey. Portraitures: Picturing American Identities in the Colonial Era. 21.
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