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John Neagle
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Colonel Augustus James Pleasonton
Painting ID:: 83825
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John Neagle
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1796-1860
John Neagle Gallery
Neagle's training in art began with instruction from the drawing-master Pietro Ancora and an apprenticeship to Thomas Wilson, a well-connected painter of signs and coaches in Philadelphia. Wilson introduced him to the painters Bass Otis and Thomas Sully, and Neagle became a protege of the latter. In 1818 Neagle decided to concentrate exclusively on portraits, setting up shop as an independent master.
Aside from brief sojourns in Lexington, Kentucky, and New Orleans, Louisiana, he spent his career in Philadelphia. In May 1826 he married Sully's stepdaughter Mary, and for a time the son-in-law and father-in-law dominated the field of portraiture in the city. Neagle served as Director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and was also a founder and president (1835-43) of the Artist's Fund Society of Philadelphia. |
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Colonel Augustus James Pleasonton |
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Date 1846(1846)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 91.8 x 74.2 cm (36.1 x 29.2 in)
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Related Paintings::.
| His death mask in his alma mater | Portrait of a Leader | Portrait of Robert Stopford | |
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