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This is part 14 of a 21-part post on American Folk Art:
William Matthew Prior (1806-1873)
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| 1825 The Artist as a Young Man: Self-Portrait oil on canvas 79.1 x 68.4 cm Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY |
William Matthew Prior was one of the most complex
and influential 19th-century portrait painters. He was a follower of the
religious leader William Miller (who prophesied the end of the world in 1843)
and was an ardent opponent of the institution of slavery in the United States.
Prior also claimed to have clairvoyant powers that allowed him to paint
portraits of departed persons he had never seen. He is best known today for the
development of a price scale whereby one could buy a large quickly painted,
inexpensive portrait, or a more carefully painted example for more money.
Prior's influence on other artists was extensive; he led the Prior-Hamblin
school, a group of portrait painters bound by family ties and partnerships, who
painted in his style.
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| 1829 Portrait of a Man oil on canvas 67 x 56 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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| 1830-40c Girl in Grey Dress |
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| 1833 Child with a Hammer oil on board New Britain Museum of American Art, CT |
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| 1835-40c Portrait of a Young Girl in a Plaid Dress Holding a Bouquet of Flowers oil on board 35.6 cm x 43.2 cm |
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| 1835c ( attributed to ) William Whipper oil on canvas 62.9 x 50.8 cm Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY |
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| 1835c Young Girl with Blue Dress |
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| 1838c Woman with Spectacles oil on canvas 81.3 x 71.1 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA |
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| 1840 ( attributed to ) Baby in Blue |
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| 1840 ( attributed to ) Schoolgirl with Doll |
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| 1840c Little Janey in Pink and White Dress oil on canvas 61.6 x 51.4 cm Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan |
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| 1840c Portrait of a Baby in Blue oil on artist board 38.1 x 27.3 cm |
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| 1840c Portrait of a Man 69.8 x 55.9 cm |
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| 1840c Portrait of a Man |
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| 1840c Young Girl with Her Doll |
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| 1842 Portrait of a Boy with a Bow Tie oil on board 35.9 x 26 cm Inscribed "Painted by Wm M. Prior-of Boston. formerly of Portland Me.-Painted in Lynn Mass-March 12 1842." |
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| 1842c Portrait of a Child with Long Blonde Hair oil on paper board43.2 x 29.8 cm |
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| 1843 Nancy Lawson oil on canvas 76.2 x 63.5 cm Shelburne Museum, VT |
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| 1843 William Allen oil on canvas 81.9 x 101.9 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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| 1844 Mr. G. Brightman oil on cardboard 36.2 x 26 cm Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY |
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| 1844 Mrs. G. Brightman oil on cardboard 36.2 x 26 cm Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY |
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| 1845-50c ( attributed to ) Mr. George Dresser of Plainville, Connecticut oil on canvas 76.3 x 63.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ |
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| 1845-50c ( attributed to ) Mrs. George Dresser of Plainville, Connecticut oil on canvas 76.5 x 65 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ |
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| 1845-55 ( attributed to ) Portrait of a Man in a Hat oil on canvas 68.6 x 55.9 cm Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY |
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| 1845c Baby in Blue oil on paper mounted on wood 60.3 x 43.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1845c Boy with a Dog |
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| 1845c Boy with a Rattle |
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| 1845c Boy with Toy Horse and Wagon oil on canvas 77 x 63.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1845c Isaac Josiah and William Mulford Hand oil on canvas mounted on hardboard 75.6 x 65.1 cm de Young/Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| 1845c Young Girl in a Black Dress |
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| 1846 Eliza C. Allen |
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| 1846-73c Child with Straw Hat oil on canvas 76.5 x 60.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1846c Nat Todd oil on artist board 41.3 x 30.1 cm Private Collection |
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| 1848 Child in Blue with Dog, probably East Boston, MA oil on canvas 90.5 x 71.1 cm Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY |
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| 1848 Portrait of a Boy in a Red Dress with His Toy Wagon oil on canvas 74.9 x 64.1 cm |
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| 1848 Portrait of a Young Girl in a Pink Dress Holding Roses oil on canvas 56.5 x 41.3 cm |
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| 1848 Portrait of Mary Lewis oil on canvas 66 x 54 cm |
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| 1848c Portrait of a Boy Holding a Riding Whip oil on artist board 35.6 x 25.4 cm |
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| 1850 Little Miss Fairfield oil on canvas 61 x 50.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1850 Master Cleeves aqueous medium on cardboard 41.3 x 30.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1850-60c Landscape oil on canvas 51.4 x 65.4 Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY |
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| 1850c ( attributed to ) Portrait of a Young Woman 76.2 x 63.5 cm |
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| 1850c ( attributed to ) Man with Gold Pencil oil on canvas 69.1 x 56.6 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC |
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| 1850c ( attributed to ) Woman with Gold Necklace oil on canvas 69 x 56.5 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC |
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| 1850c Mr Dudley oil on canvas 89.2 x 76.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI |
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| 1850c Portrait of Ardelle Clementine Taylor oil on paperboard 36.8 x 26.7 cm |
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| 1851 "The House That Jack Built," Manor by the Sea oil on artist board 48.9 x 58.4 cm |
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| 1851 Portrait of Two Children with a Dove inscribed "Two of David's Children...by W.M. Prior-Boston MA- June 1851" on the reverseoil on canvas 58.4 x 68.6 cm |
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| 1852 ( attributed to ) Young Girl in a Blue Dress |
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| 1853c Portrait of Alice Whitman Pickett, Age 2 Years 6 Months oil on canvas 81.3 x 61 cm |
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| 1854 The Burnish Sisters oil on canvas 90.2 x 101.8 cm The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| 1854 Three Sisters of the Copeland Family oil on canvas 68.3 x 92.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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| 1860-73c ( attributed to ) Abraham Lincoln reverse painting on oil on glass 59.7 x 43.8 cm Folk Art Museum, New York City |
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| 1860c George Washington reverse painting on glass de Young / Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| n.d. ( attributed to ) Portrait of a Student oil on canvas 60.3 x 50.2 cm |
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| n.d. ( attributed to ) Portrait of a Woman in a Green Dress oil on artist board 34.3 x 24.1 cm |
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| n.d. ( attributed to ) Laura Ann Wood aged 9 and Mary Ellen Wood aged 7 |
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| n.d. Portrait of a Baby Wearing a White Dress oil on artist board 36.2 x 26 cm |
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| n.d. Portrait of a Bearded Young Man oil on canvas 34.3 x 24.8 cm |
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| n.d. Portrait of a Child in a Blue Dress Holding a Riding Crop oil on board 34.3 x 24.8 cm |
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| n.d. Portrait of a Child in a Red Dress Holding a Floral Sprig oil on board 30.5 x 24.8 cm |
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| n.d. Portrait of a Girl in a Salmon-coloured Dress Holding a Book oil on card 35.6 x 25.4 cm |
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| n.d. Portrait of a Man with an Earring in Front of a Window oil on canvas 68.6 x 55.9 cm |
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| n.d. Portrait of a Woman in a Gown with Lace Collar and Gold Pendant oil on artist board44.4 x 34.3 cm |
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| n.d. Portrait of a Woman with a White Bonnet oil on board 34.3 x 23.6 cm |
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| n.d. Portrait of a Young Girl |
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| n.d. Portrait of a Young Woman in a Black Dress in Front of a Window oil on card 36.2 x 26.7 cm |
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| n.d. Portrait of Ruth Nickerson oil on artist board 35.9 x 25.4 cm |
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| n.d. Woman with a Brooch |
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