Robert Gilmor, Jr.
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William James Hubard
Date:
1830-1832
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Size:
Width: 14.75″
Height: 20″
During an extended stay in London in 1817, Baltimore native Robert Gilmor, Jr. (1774–1848), one of America’s earliest art collectors, engaged Sir Thomas Lawrence, president of the Royal Academy, to paint portraits of himself and his wife. Six years later, in the spring of 1823, Thomas Sully paid a visit to Baltimore. Gilmor was too busy to pose, so at his direction, Sully painted this copy of the Lawrence original.
Charlotte Abbott Gilman Paul Bequest Fund BMA 1956.287
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