List of works by Joseph Blackburn
Joseph Blackburn was an English portrait painter who worked mainly in Bermuda and colonial America.
Artworks
[edit]| Year | Title | Image | Dimensions | Collection | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1750 | Portrait of Mrs. Susannah Ulrich (?) (c. 1750), oil | 43 1⁄2 × 33 in. (110.5 × 83.8 cm.) | Subject: thought to be Mrs. Susannah Ulrich. IAP 80970141 | ||
| 1752 | Portrait of General Francis Jones (c. 1752), oil | 50 × 40 in. (~127 × ~101.6 cm.) | Subject: lived 1698–1776; Commander-In-Chief and Vice-Admiral of Bermuda Islands. IAP 71930563, IAP 80045392, and IAP 80970099 | ||
| 1752 | Portrait of Anne Jones, oil on canvas |  view | 30 1⁄2 × 25 in. (~77.6 × ~65 cm.) | Subject: lived 1748–1811. IAP 62642069, IAP 71930567 and IAP 80970098 | |
| 1752 | Portrait of Captain John Pigott (c. 1752–1753), oil on canvas |  | 50 × 40 in. (127 × 101.6 cm.) | Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California | Subject: husband of Frances (Fanny) Jones. IAP 71930564, IAP 80970102, and possibly IAP 80970103 |
| 1752 | Portrait of Mrs. John Pigott (c. 1752–1753), oil on canvas |  | 50 × 40 in. (127 × 101.6 cm.) | Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California | Subject: Frances (Fanny) Jones. IAP 71930565 |
| 1752 | Portrait of Miss Gilbert (c. 1752–1753), oil | 35 × 27 1⁄2 in. (88.9 × 69.9 cm.) | IAP 80970093 | ||
| 1752 | Portrait of Mr. Gilbert (c. 1752–1753), oil | 31 × 24 in. (78.7 × 61.0 cm.) | IAP 80970094 | ||
| 1752 | Portrait of Mrs. Gilbert (c. 1752–1753), oil | 31 × 26 in. (78.7 × 66.0 cm.) | IAP 80970095 | ||
| 1752 | Portrait of Mrs. Fisher (c. 1752–1753), oil | 36 1⁄2 × 28 3⁄4 in. (92.7 × 73.0 cm.) | IAP 80970092 | ||
| 1752 | Portrait of Mrs. John Harvey (c. 1752), oil on canvas | view | 40 3⁄8 × 33 3⁄8 in. (102.5 × 84.7 cm.) | University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona | Subject: Esther Jones. IAP 62642068, IAP 71930566, and IAP 01350036 |
| 1752 | Portrait of Mrs. Henry Corbusier (c. 1752–1753), oil | 47 × 38 in. (119.4 × 96.5 cm.) | Subject: Elizabeth Butterfield. IAP 80970091 | ||
| 1752 | Portrait of Nathaniel Butterfield (c. 1752–1753), oil | 29 1⁄2 × 24 1⁄2 in. (74.9 × 62.2 cm.) | Subject: General Nathaniel Butterfield (1694–1765). IAP 80970090 | ||
| 1752 | Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Jones, oil | _1752_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg) | 49 × 39 in. (124.5 × 99.1 cm.) | Subject: Mary Harvey (1729–1747). IAP 80045391 and IAP 80970100 | |
| 1752 | Portrait of Thomas Parsons (c. 1752–1753), oil | 29 × 24 in. (73.7 × 61.0 cm.) | IAP 80970101 | ||
| 1752 | Portrait of Thomas Tudor Tucker (c. 1752–1753), oil | 19 1⁄2 × 12 3⁄4 in. oval (49.5 × 32.4 cm. oval) | Subject: Thomas Tudor Tucker (1745–1828); Bermuda-born American physician and politician representing Charleston, South Carolina; served as Treasurer of the United States (1801–28). IAP 80970105 | ||
| 1752 | Portrait of William Hall (c. 1752–1753), oil | 36 × 28 in. (91.4 × 71.1 cm.) | Subject: husband of Patience Stowe. IAP 80970096 | ||
| 1752 | Portrait of Mrs. William Hall (c. 1752–1753), oil | 36 × 28 in. (91.4 × 71.1 cm.) | Subject: Patience Stowe. IAP 80970097 | ||
| 1752 | Portrait said to be of Sir William Phips (c. 1752–1760), oil | 56 × 40 in. (142.2 × 101.6 cm.) | IAP 80970115 | ||
| 1753 | Portrait of Colonel Henry Tucker (c. 1753), oil |  | Subject: Col. Henry Tucker (1713–1787). IAP 80960072 | ||
| 1753 | Portrait of Mrs. Henry Tucker and Her Children, Elizabeth and Nathaniel, oil |  | Subjects: Anne Butterfield (1722–1797); wife of Colonel Henry Tucker (1713–1787); Elizabeth Tucker (1747–1830); Nathaniel Tucker (1750–1807). IAP 80960071 | ||
| 1753 | Portrait of Gurdon Saltonstall (c. 1753–1763), oil on canvas | view | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Connecticut | Subject: Brigadier General Gurdon Saltonstall (1708–1785); son of colonial Connecticut Governor Gurdon Saltonstall (1666–1724) and Elizabeth Rosewell (1679–1710); husband of Rebecca Winthrop (1711–1776). IAP 07300020 |
| 1753 | Portrait of Miss Deborah Bascombe, oil | 34 × 27 1⁄2 in. (86.4 × 69.9 cm.) | Subject: lived 1715-after 1756. IAP 80970089 | ||
| 1753 | Portrait of Mrs. John Harvey (c. 1753), oil | _1753_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg) | 36 × 28 in. (91.4 × 71.1 cm.) | Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda | Subject: Mary Lea. IAP 8A720010 |
| 1754 | Portrait of Elizabeth Pelham Harrison[1] |  | - | Redwood Library and Atheneum, Newport, Rhode Island | - |
| 1754 | Portrait of Mrs. Alexander Grant, oil on canvas |  | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois | Subject: Abigail Chesebrough (1734–1807); daughter of David Chesebrough (1702–1782, eminent merchant in Newport) and Abigail Rogers (1706–1738); wife of Alexander Grant (1730–1783); stepdaughter of Mrs. Margaret (Sylvester) Chesebrough (1719–1782). IAP 80970110, IAP 60630138, IAP 70580108, and IAP 12000314 |
| 1754 | Portrait of Captain John Brown (c. 1754), oil on canvas |  | 51 × 41 in. (129.5 × 104.1 cm.) | Nightingale-Brown House, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island | Subject: Newport merchant (1696–1764); husband of Jane Lucas (1697–1775; m. 1717). IAP 80960019 |
| 1754 | Portrait of Mrs. John Brown (c. 1754), oil on canvas | _1754_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg) | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Nightingale-Brown House, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island | Subject: Jane Lucas (1697–1775); wife of Captain John Brown (1696–1764; m. 1717; Newport merchant). IAP 80960020 |
| 1754 | Portrait of George Jaffrey (c. 1754), oil | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, Missouri | Subject: lived 1717–1803; husband of Lucy Winthrop (1721–1776). IAP 71481248 and IAP 80044318 | |
| 1754 | Portrait of Mrs. George Jaffrey (c. 1754), oil | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, Missouri | Subject: Lucy Winthrop (1721–1776); wife of George Jaffery (1717–1803). IAP 71481249 and IAP 80044319 | |
| 1754 | Portrait of Mary Sylvester, oil on canvas, a pastoral portrait | _1754_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg) | 49 7⁄8 × 40 1⁄4 in. (126.7 × 102.1 cm.) | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City | Subject: lived 1725–1794 (b. Southold, Long Island); daughter of Brinley Sylvester (1690–1752) and Mary Burroughs (1702–1751); sister of Margaret (later Mrs. David Chesebrough) (1719–1782); later wife of Thomas Dering (1720–1785). IAP 36120012 |
| 1754 | Portrait of Mrs. David Chesebrough, oil on canvas | _1754_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg) | 49 7⁄8 × 40 1⁄8 in. (126.7 × 101.9 cm.) | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City | Subject: Margaret Sylvester (1719–1782); daughter of Brinley Sylvester (1690–1752) and Mary Burroughs (1702–1751); sister of Mary Sylvester (1725–1794); wife of David Chesebrough (1703–1782, eminent merchant in Newport); stepmother of Abigail Chesebrough (1734–1807). IAP 36120011 |
| 1754 | Portrait of Thomas Cranston (c. 1754–1755), oil | view | 48 1⁄2 × 39 in. (123.2 × 99.1 cm.) | John Brown House Museum, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, Rhode Island | Subject: lived 1710–1785. IAP 47510054 |
| 1755 | Portrait of Andrew Faneuil Phillips, oil on canvas |  | 50 3⁄8 × 40 1⁄4 in. (127.9 × 102.2 cm.) | Smith College Museum of Art, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts | Subject: lived 1729–1775; son of Gillam Phillips (1695–1770) and Mary Faneuil (1708–1780). IAP 22280220 and IAP 80960052 |
| 1755 | Portrait of Andrew Oliver Jr., oil on canvas |  view | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Subject: lived 1731–1799; son of Massachusetts lieutenant governor Andrew Oliver (1706–1774); husband of Mary Lynde (1733–1807; m. 1752); elected to American Philosophical Society in 1773. IAP 80960047 | |
| 1755 | Portrait of Mrs. Andrew Oliver Jr., oil on canvas | view | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Subject: Mary Lynde (1733–1807); wife of Andrew Oliver (1731–1799; m. 1752). IAP 80960048 | |
| 1755 | Portrait of Colonel Benjamin Pollard (c. 1755), oil on canvas |  | 33 1⁄2 × 25 1⁄2 in. (85.1 × 64.8 cm.) | (sometimes listed as copy after John Smibert's original of 1730) | Subject: lived 1696–1756; husband of Margaret Winslow (1724–1814); served as fourth sergeant Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts (beginning in 1726); served as sheriff of Suffolk County (c. 1743 – 1756).[2] IAP 61510786, IAP 80960058, and IAP 82110603 |
| 1755 | Portrait of Chambers Russell (c. 1755), oil | Subject: lived 1713–1767. IAP 80960060 | |||
| 1755 | Portrait of Mrs. Chambers Russell (c. 1755), oil | 48 1⁄2 × 36 1⁄2 in. (123.2 × 92.7 cm.) | Subject: lived 1716–1762; wife of Chambers Russell (1713–1767). IAP 80960061 and possibly IAP 20440078 | ||
| 1755 | Portrait of Gillam Phillips, oil on canvas |  | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Smith College Museum of Art, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts | Subject: lived 1695–1770; husband of Mary Faneuil (1708–1780); father of Andrew Faneuil Phillips (1729–1775) and Ann Faneuil Phillips (1736- c. 1770). IAP 80960053 |
| 1755 | Portrait of Mrs. Gillam Phillips, oil on canvas | _1755_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg) | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Smith College Museum of Art, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts | Subject: Marie Faneuil (1708–1780); wife of Gillam Phillips (1695–1770); mother of Andrew Faneuil Phillips (1729–1775) and Ann Faneuil Phillips (1736- c. 1770). IAP 80960054 |
| 1755 | Portrait of Isaac Winslow and His Family, oil on canvas, one of the earliest group portraits painted in Colonial America[3] |  | 54 1⁄2 × 79 1⁄4 in. (138.4 × 201.3 cm.) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts | Subjects: Isaac Winslow (1707–1777; one of Boston’s mercantile elite); his wife, Lucy Waldo (1724–1768; m. 1747); elder daughter, Lucy Winslow (1749–1770); child in mother's lap, Hannah Winslow (1755–1819). Setting: Scenery of idealized garden with swan pond behind elder daughter alludes to family’s prosperity.[4] IAP 85520007 and IAP 82110940 |
| 1755 | Portrait of James Otis, Jr., oil |  | 28 5⁄8 × 23 1⁄2 in. (72.7 × 59.7 cm.) [also reported as 29 1⁄2 × 25 1⁄2 in. (74.9 × 64.8 cm.)] | Subject: James Otis Jr. (1725–1783); lawyer in colonial Massachusetts; son of James Otis Sr., (1702–1778); prominent lawyer in colonial Massachusetts) and Mary Allyne; husband of Ruth Cunningham (1728–1789; daughter of prominent Boston merchant; m. 1755); father of three children (James, Elizabeth, and Mary). IAP 81880451 and IAP 80960049 | |
| 1755 | Portrait of Mrs. James Otis (c. 1755), oil | 28 7⁄8 × 23 1⁄2 in. (73.4 × 59.7 cm.) | Subject: Ruth Cunningham (1728–1789); daughter of prominenet Boston merchant; wife of James Otis Jr. (1725–1783; lawyer in colonial Massachusetts; m. 1755); mother of three children (James, Elizabeth, and Mary). IAP 80960050 | ||
| 1755 | Portrait of John Erving, Jr., oil | view | 49 1⁄4 × 39 1⁄4 in. (125.1 × 99.7 cm.) | Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut | Subject: lived 1728–1816; husband of Maria Catherine Shirley (1729–1816). IAP 80960032 |
| 1755 | Portrait of Mrs. John Erving, Jr., oil | view | 49 × 38 7⁄8 in. (124.5 × 98.7 cm.) | Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut | Subject: Maria Catherine Shirley (1729–1816); youngest daughter of William Shirley (1694–1771; colonial governor of Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1741–49 and 1753–56; Governor of the Bahamas in the 1760s) and Frances Barker (died 1746; Lady Frances Shirley); wife of John Erving Jr. (1728–1816).[5] IAP 80960033 |
| 1755 | Portrait of Miss Ann Phillips, oil on canvas |  | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Smith College Museum of Art, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts | Subject: Ann Faneuil Phillips (1736- c. 1770); daughter of Gillam Phillips (1695–1770) and Mary Faneuil (1708–1780). IAP 80960051 |
| 1755 | Portrait of Mrs. Epes Sargent (c. 1775), oil | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Subject: Catharine Winthrop/Katherine Winthrop Browne (1711–1781). IAP 80970116 | ||
| 1755 | Portrait of Mrs. George Bethune, oil on cavas |  | 50 × 40 1⁄4 in. (127.0 × 102.2 cm.) | Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield | Subject: Mary Faneuil (1734–1797); daughter of Benjamin Faneuil (one of first paper manufacturers in Massachusetts); niece of Peter Faneuil (provided funds for Boston's public market and meeting house); wife of George Bethune (m. 1754, Boston); mother of George, Susan (Mrs. Edmond Dunkin), Penelope (Mrs. English), Jane (Mrs. William Hunt), and Ann (Mrs. Lovell).[6] IAP 22930027 |
| 1755 | Portrait of Mrs. Louis Boucher (c. 1755), oil | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Subject: Sarah Middlecott. IAP 80970109 | ||
| 1755 | Portrait of Mrs. Samuel Curwen, oil | _1755_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg) | 29 × 24 in. (73.7 × 61.0 cm.) | Subject: Abigail Russell (1725–1793); wife of Samuel Curwen (1715–1802; m. 1750). IAP 80960027 | |
| 1755 | Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Flucker (c. 1755), oil on canvas |  view | 50 1⁄4 × 40 1⁄8 in. (127.6 × 101.9 cm.) | Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine | Subject: Hannah Waldo (1726–1785); wife of Thomas Flucker (1719–1783; m. 1750); sister of Lucy Waldo (1724–1768). IAP 17860012 |
| 1755 | Portrait of Reverend Daniel Greenleaf, oil on canvas | view | 29 7⁄8 × 25 1⁄4 in. (75.9 × 64.1 cm.) | Harvard Art Museums, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts | Subject: also known as Dr. Daniel Greenleaf (1679–1763); father of William Greenleaf (1725–1803). IAP 80970113 and IAP 82110320 |
| 1756 | Portrait of a Military Officer, oil on canvas |  view | 30 1⁄2 × 25 1⁄8 in. (77.5 × 63.6 cm.) | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | Subject: unidentified officer in the Massachusetts Provincial Forces (once thought to be General Joshua Winslow).[4] IAP 08600023 |
| 1756 | Portrait of Benjamin Ellery III (c. 1756), oil on canvas | 30 × 26 in. (76.2 × 66.0 cm.) [also listed as 24 1⁄2 × 29 1⁄2 in. (62.2 × 74.9 cm.)] | Newport Historical Society, Newport, Rhode Island | Subject: lived 1725–1799; son of William Ellery (1727–1820; signed United States Declaration of Independence as representative of Rhode Island). IAP 47330007, IAP 80970112, IAP 83190005 and IAP 81670011 | |
| 1756 | Portrait of Benjamin Green, oil on canvas |  | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey | Subject: Benjamin Green (1713–1772; merchant in Boston, Massachusetts; later merchant, judge, and political figure in Nova Scotia); son of Reverend Joseph Green and Elizabeth Gerrish; husband of Margaret Pierce (m. 1737). IAP 31620235 |
| 1756 | Portrait of Colonel Henry Babcock, oil | 49 3⁄4 × 39 3⁄4 in. (126.4 × 101.0 cm.) | Subject: Henry "Harry" Babcock (1736–1800). IAP 80960010 | ||
| 1756 | Portrait of Elizabeth Naden, oil on canvas | view | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | New-York Historical Society, New York City | Subject: lived c. 1739 – 1808; daughter of Martha Naden Mortier; stepdaughter of Major Abraham Mortier; wife of John Appy (secretary to general and judge advocate of British Army in North America; m. 1757); later wife of Goldbrow Banyar Sr. (m. 1767). IAP 36360936 |
| 1756 | Portrait of General Joseph Dwight, oil | 49 × 38 in. (124.5 × 96.5 cm.) | Historical Society of Old Newbury, Newbury, Massachusetts | Subject: lived 1703–1765. IAP 80190023, IAP 80960031, and IAP 82110247 | |
| 1756 | Portrait of Margaret Pierce Green, oil on canvas | 50 × 40 in. (127.25 × 101.6 cm.) | Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey | Subject: wife of Benjamin Green (1713–1772; merchant in Boston, Massachusetts and Nova Scotia; m. 1737). IAP 31620032 | |
| 1756 | Portrait of Joshua Winslow (c. 1756), oil | view | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut | Subject: lived 1694–1769. IAP 07260854 and IAP 20480273 |
| 1756 | Portrait of Lieutenant Joshua Winslow, II, oil | 30 1⁄2 × 25 in. (77.5 × 63.5 cm.) | Subject: lived 1726/27–1801. IAP 80970126 | ||
| 1756 | Portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Pollard, oil on canvas |  | 33 1⁄2 × 25 1⁄2 in. (85.1 × 64.8 cm.) | Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut | Subject: Margaret Winslow (1724–1814); wife of Benjamin Pollard (1696–1756). IAP 07260853 |
| 1756 | Portrait of Mrs. John Greenleaf, oil | _Joseph_Blackburn.png) | 35 1⁄8 × 28 1⁄4 in. (89.2 × 71.8 cm.) | Subject: lived 1725-c. 1760. IAP 80960039 | |
| 1756 | Portrait of Mrs. John Tasker, oil | 34 1⁄4 × 28 in. (87.0 × 71.1 cm.) | Subject: Deborah Skinner (1702–1768); wife of Judge John Tasker (Marblehead, Massachusetts). IAP 80970117 | ||
| 1756 | Portrait of Nathaniel Cunningham (c. 1756), oil on canvas | view | 48 1⁄2 × 39 in. (123.2 × 99.1 cm.) | Subject: Captain Nathaniel Cunningham Jr. (1725–1756); son of prominent Boston merchant; husband of Sarah Kilby (m. 1754); father of two daughters; buried in the Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts. IAP 83340044 | |
| 1756 | Portrait of Mrs. Nathaniel Cunningham (c. 1756), oil on canvas | 50 × 39 1⁄2 in. (127 × 100.3 cm.) | Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine | Subject: Sarah Kilby; wife of Nathaniel Cunningham Jr. (1725–1756; m. 1754); mother of two daughters. (probably IAP 18830150) | |
| 1756 | Portrait of Rev. Peter Bours, oil | view | 50 × 40 1⁄4 in. (127.0 × 102.2 cm.) [also listed as 53 7⁄16 × 43 3⁄8 in. (135.7 × 110.2 cm.); 29 1⁄4 × 24 1⁄2 in. (74.3 × 62.2 cm.)] | Harvard Art Museums, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts | Subject: lived 1726–1762. IAP 20780030 and IAP 27710034 |
| 1756 | Portrait said to be of Woodbury Osborne, oil | view | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | IAP 61501605 and IAP 80970114 | |
| 1757 | Portrait of Edward Winslow, oil | 29 3⁄4 × 24 3⁄4 in. (75.6 × 62.9 cm.) | Subject: lived 1669–1753. IAP 80970124 | ||
| 1757 | Portrait of Hon. William Greenleaf, oil | view | 50 1⁄2 × 40 in. (128.3 × 101.6 cm.) | Portland Art Museum | Subject: lived 1725–1803; son of Daniel Greenleaf (1679–1763); husband of Mary Brown (1728–1807). IAP 80960040 |
| 1757 | Portrait of Mrs. William Greenleaf, oil | view | 50 5⁄16 × 40 1⁄16 in. (127.8 × 101.8 cm.) | Portland Art Museum | Subject: Mary Brown (1728–1807); wife of Hon. William Greenleaf (1725–1803). IAP 80960041 |
| 1757 | Portrait of James Pitts, oil on canvas |  view | 50 1⁄8 × 40 in. (127.3 × 101.6 cm.) | Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan | Subject: lived 1710–1776; husband of Elizabeth Bowdoin (1716–1771). Museum lists artist as Joseph Jonathan Blackburn. IAP 24150071 |
| 1757 | Portrait of Mrs. James Pitts, oil on canvas |  view | 50 1⁄8 × 40 in. (127.3 × 101.6 cm.) | Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan | Subject: Elizabeth Bowdoin (1716–1771); wife of James Pitts (1710–1776). Museum lists artist as Joseph Jonathan Blackburn. IAP 24150072 |
| 1757 | Portrait of Mrs. John Taylor, oil | 29 1⁄4 × 24 1⁄4 in. (74.3 × 61.6 cm.) | Subject: Ann Winslow (1678–1773). IAP 80970118 | ||
| 1757 | Portrait of Mrs. Joseph Blaney (c. 1757), oil on canvas |  | 49 1⁄2 × 39 1⁄2 in. (125.7 × 100.3 cm.) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts | Subject: Abigail Browne. IAP 20490160 (SIRIS lists as attributed to Joseph Blackburn.) |
| 1757 | Portrait of Mrs. Nathaniel Dowse (c. 1757), oil on canvas | 49 3⁄8 × 39 3⁄8 in. (125.4 × 100.0 cm.) | Subject: Margaret Temple (1724–1771). IAP 80960030 and IAP 82110233 | ||
| 1757 | Portrait of Mrs. William Taylor, oil | 28 1⁄4 × 24 1⁄2 in. (71.8 × 62.2 cm.) | Subject: Faith Winslow (b. 1712); daughter of Kenelm Winslow (1675–1757) and Abigail Waterman (1681–1729) of Marshfield, Massachusetts. IAP 80970119 | ||
| 1757 | Portrait of Thomas Bulfinch (c. 1756), oil on canvas |  | 30 × 26 in. (76.2 × 66.0 cm.) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts | Subject: prominent Boston physician; husband of Susan Apthorp (1734–1815; m. 1759). IAP 20490154 |
| 1757 | Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Bulfinch, oil on canvas |  | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts | Subject: Susan Apthorp (1734–1815); daughter of Charles Apthorp (British-born Boston merchant); wife of Thomas Bulfinch (prominent Boston physician; m. 1759). IAP 70080964 and IAP 20490155 |
| 1758 | Mother and Child (c. 1758), oil | 51 × 40 in. (129.5 × 101.6 cm.) | IAP 80041712 | ||
| 1758 | Portrait of Charles Apthorp, oil | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Subject: Charles Apthorp (1698–1758; British-born Boston merchant). IAP 80960003 | ||
| 1758 | Portrait of Mrs. Charles Apthorp, oil | 49 × 39 in. (124.5 × 99.1 cm.) | Subject: Grisselda "Grizzel" Eastwick (c. 1709 – 1796); wife of Charles Apthorp (1698–1758; British-born Boston merchant). IAP 80960004 | ||
| 1758 | Portrait of Deacon Jonathan Simpson (c. 1758), oil |  | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts | Subject: lived 1685–1763. IAP 22930028 and IAP 20490156 |
| 1758 | Portrait of Jonathan Simpson, oil on canvas | view | 49 1⁄2 × 39 1⁄2 in. (125.7 × 100.3 cm.) | Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire | Subject: lived c. 1712 – 1795. IAP 80960065 |
| 1758 | Portrait of Mrs. Jonathan Simpson (c. 1758), oil on canvas | view B&W | 50 3⁄4 × 40 1⁄4 in. (128.9 × 102.2 cm.) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts | Subject: Margaret Lechmere. IAP 20490157 |
| 1758 | Portrait of Lieutenant General Jeffery Amherst, oil on canvas |  | 31 1⁄2 × 26 1⁄16 in. (80.0 × 66.2 cm.) | Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts | Subject: lived 1717–1779. IAP 80960001 and IAP 20090478 |
| 1758 | Portrait of Mrs. George St. Loe, oil | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | Subject: Anne Browne (b. 1738). IAP 61512159, IAP 80960062, and IAP 38320244 (Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York) | ||
| 1758 | Portrait of Mrs. Richard Waldron (c. 1758), oil | 49 × 39 in. (124.5 × 99.1 cm.) | Subject: Elizabeth Westbrook (1701–1758). IAP 81840242 | ||
| 1758 | Portrait of Mrs. Samuel Gardner, oil | 35 4⁄8 × 27 1⁄4 in. (90.2 × 69.2 cm.) | Subject: lived 1716–1789. IAP 80960038 | ||
| 1758 | Portrait of Mrs. Wyseman Clagett (c. 1758–1762), oil on canvas | _-_Joseph_Blackburn_-_overall.jpg) | 36 1⁄16 × 27 3⁄4 in. (91.6 × 70.5 cm.) | Brooklyn Museum, New York City | Subject: Lettice Mitchell; and later Mrs. Simon McQuesten. IAP 35680049 |
| 1759 | Portrait of Hannah Babcock, oil on canvas | _1759_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg) view | [likely 50 3⁄32 × 40 1⁄8 in. (127.2 × 101.9 cm.)] | Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts | Subject: lived 1743–1796 (16 at time of portrait; later bore 11 children [5 died in childhood; 4 died in infancy]; daughter of Dr. Joshua Babcock (1707–1783; physician, businessman, plantation owner, and postmaster in Westerly, Rhode Island; politician and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in colonial Rhode Island; major general of Rhode Island militia) and Hannah Stanton Babcock (1714/7–1778); later wife of John Bours (1734–1815; m. July 7, 1762; merchant in Newport).[4][7] (possibly IAP 23570197, date listed as 1761) |
| 1760 | Portrait of a Gentleman (c. 1760), oil on canvas | view | 50 1⁄16 × 40 1⁄8 in. (127.2 × 101.9 cm.) [also reported as 56 × 40 in. (142.2 × 101.6 cm.)] | Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. | (possibly IAP 62441070 and IAP 08260832) |
| 1760 | Portrait of a Lady, oil | 50 × 40 1⁄2 in. (127.0 × 102.9 cm.) | Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut | IAP 61505283, IAP 71930306, IAP 80043349, IAP 62440046, and IAP 62441068 (possibly IAP 07262074 [reported as 59.5 × 44 cm.]) | |
| 1760 | Portrait of Colonel Theodore Atkinson, oil on canvas |  view | 50 × 40 1⁄4 in. (127.0 × 102.2 cm.) [also reported as 47 1⁄2 × 39 1⁄4 in. (120.7 × 99.7 cm.)] | Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts | Subject: Theodore Atkinson; lived 1697–1779; husband of Hannah Wentworth (1700–1769); colonial chief justice of New Hampshire Superior Court. IAP 80970127 and IAP 23570023 |
| 1760 | Portrait of Mrs. Theodore Atkinson, oil on canvas | _1760_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg) view | 49 1⁄8 × 39 1⁄8 in. (124.8 × 99.4 cm.) | Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts (listed in collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio) | Subject: Hannah Wentworth (1700–1769); sister of first royal governor of New Hampshire; wife of Colonel Theodore Atkinson (colonial chief justice of New Hampshire Superior Court). IAP 41000005 |
| 1760 | Portrait of Theodore Atkinson, Jr., oil | 49 5⁄8 × 39 5⁄8 in. (126.1 × 100.7 cm.) | Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island | Subject: lived 1736–1769. IAP 80960008 | |
| 1760 | Portrait of Colonel William Taylor, oil on canvas |  view | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | Subject: prominent Boston merchant (1714–1789); husband of Sarah Cheever (m. 1765); captain of Artillery Company (elected 1760); died in Milton, Massachusetts.[8] IAP 80960069 | |
| 1760 | Portrait of Daniel Henchman (c. 1760), oil | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Subject: lived 1689–1761. IAP 80960042 | ||
| 1760 | Portrait of Mrs. Daniel Henchman (c. 1760), oil | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Subject: lived 1693–1767. IAP 80960043 | ||
| 1760 | Portrait of David Mumford (c. 1760), oil on canvas | view | 49 × 39 in. (124.5 × 99.1 cm.) | Subject: lived 1731–1807. IAP 73260397 and IAP 73262537 | |
| 1760 | Portrait of Mr. & Mrs. Bowdoin, oil | 37 × 58 in. (94.0 × 147.3 cm.) | Subjects: said to be James Bowdoin [Jr.] and is wife, Elizabeth. IAP 81590015 | ||
| 1760 | Portrait of Elizabeth Bowdoin and James Bowdoin III (c. 1760), oil on canvas |  view | 36 7⁄8 × 58 in. (93.7 × 147.4 cm.) | Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine | Subjects: James Bowdoin III (1752–1811) and his sister, Elizabeth (1750–1809; later Lady Temple, wife of John Temple [1731–1798; first British consul-general to United States]). IAP 17860011 |
| 1760 | Portrait of General John Winslow (c. 1760), oil |  | 29 3⁄4 × 25 3⁄4 in. (75.6 × 65.4 cm.) | Pilgrim Hall Museum, Pilgrim Society, Plymouth, Massachusetts | Subject: General John Winslow (c. 1702 – 1774). IAP 80960087, IAP 82110943, and IAP 22430002 |
| 1760 | Portrait of Governor Benning Wentworth, oil on canvas |  | 92 × 56 1⁄4 in. (233.7 × 142.9 cm.) [also reported as 92 × 57 1⁄4 in. (233.7 × 145.4 cm.)] | New Hampshire Historical Society Museum, Concord, New Hampshire | Subject: Benning Wentworth (1696–1770); governor of Province of New Hampshire (1741–66). IAP 80960083, IAP 83030251, and IAP 30490011 |
| 1760 | Portrait of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Oliver, pastel | 22 × 18 in. (55.9 × 45.7 cm.) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts | Subject: lived 1734–1815; served as last Royal Lieutenant-Governor of Province of Massachusetts Bay (1774–76). IAP 80970138 | |
| 1760 | Portrait of Marchioness of Wentworth (c. 1760–1767), oil on canvas | view | 36 × 28 in. (91.4 × 71.1 cm.) | Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota | IAP 80970123 |
| 1760 | Portrait of John Browne (c. 1760), oil on canvas |  view | 48 1⁄2 × 39 in. (123.2 × 99.1 cm.) | Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio | Subject: lived 1735–1789. IAP 80960022 |
| 1760 | Portrait of Lieutenant-Governor John Wentworth, oil on canvas | 92 × 57 1⁄4 in. (233.7 × 145.4 cm.) | New Hampshire Historical Society Museum, Concord, New Hampshire | Subject: John Wentworth (1671–1730); served as Lieutenant Governor of Province of New Hampshire (1717–30). IAP 70880028, IAP 80960084, and IAP 83030255 | |
| 1760 | Portrait of Mrs. George Scott (c. 1760), oil |  view | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, Houston, Texas | Subject: Abigail Erving Scott (1733–1768). Wife of the Hon Major George Scott. IAP 80960063 |
| 1760 | Portrait of Sir Francis Bernard, oil | 49 × 39 1⁄4 in. (124.5 × 99.7 cm.) | Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut | Subject: Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet (1711/12–1779). IAP 06910012 | |
| 1760 | Portrait of Lady Amelia Bernard (c. 1760) | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut | Subject: Amelia Offley, wife of Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet (m. 1741). IAP 06910001 | |
| 1760 | Portrait of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson, oil | 21 1⁄2 × 18 in. (54.6 × 45.7 cm.) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts | Subject: Thomas Hutchinson (1711–1780). IAP 80970135 | |
| 1760 | Portrait of Major John Wentworth (c. 1760), oil on canvas | 48 3⁄4 × 39 1⁄2 in. (123.8 × 100.3 cm.) [also reported as 55 × 46 1⁄4 in. (139.7 × 116.8 cm.)] | New Hampshire Historical Society Museum, Concord, New Hampshire | Subject: lived c. 1720–1759. IAP 70880026, IAP 80960085 and IAP 83030258 | |
| 1760 | Portrait of Thomas Amory, oil |  | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | Subject: lived 1722–1784. IAP 80960002 | |
| 1760 | Portrait of Thomas Westbrook Waldron (c. 1760), oil | 49 × 39 in. (124.5 × 99.1 cm.) | Subject: Thomas Westbrook Waldron (1721–1785). IAP 80970122 and IAP 81840243 | ||
| 1760 | Portrait of Timothy Fitch (c. 1760), oil on canvas |  | 48 1⁄2 × 39 1⁄2 in. (123.2 × 100.3 cm.) | Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts | Subject: lived 1725–1790; husband of Eunice Fitch (1731–1799; m. 1760). IAP 22620084 |
| 1760 | Portrait of Mrs. Timothy Fitch (c. 1760), oil on canvas | _1760_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg) | 48 1⁄2 × 39 1⁄2 in. (123.2 × 100.3 cm.) | Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts | Subject: Eunice Brown (1731–1799); wife of Timothy Fitch (1725–1790; m. 1760). IAP 22620083 |
| 1760 | Portrait of Tristram Dalton, oil | 35 1⁄4 × 27 1⁄4 in. (89.5 × 69.2 cm.) | Subject: Tristram Dalton (1738–1817; American politician); Senator from Massachusetts (1789–1791). IAP 80970111 and IAP 82110202 | ||
| 1761 | Portrait of Colonel Jonathan Warner, oil on canvas |  | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts | Subject: wealthy New Hampshire merchant (1726–1814). Through his second wife, Mary MacPheadris Osborne, Warner acquired the Portsmouth mansion built by Mary’s father, Archibald MacPheadris, known today as the MacPheadris-Warner House (listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1960). IAP 20490158 |
| 1761 | Portrait of Mrs. Jonathan Warner, oil | 49 × 39 in. (124.5 × 99.1 cm.) | Warner House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Subject: Mary MacPheadris Osborne; second wife of Colonel Jonathan Warner (1726–1814; wealthy New Hampshire merchant). IAP 31020005 | |
| 1761 | Portrait of Dr. Joshua Babcock (c. 1761), oil on canvas |  | 45 × 36 3⁄4 in. (114.3 × 93.3 cm.) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts | Subject: Joshua Babcock (1707–1783; physician, businessman, plantation owner, and postmaster in Westerly, Rhode Island; politician and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in colonial Rhode Island; major general of Rhode Island militia); husband of Hannah Stanton (1714/7–1778). IAP 20490159 |
| 1761 | Portrait of Mrs. Joshua Babcock, oil on canvas | 44 3⁄8 × 35 5⁄8 in. (112.7 × 90.5 cm.) | Subject: Hannah Stanton (1714/7–1778); wife of Dr. Joshua Babcock (1707–1783; physician, businessman, plantation owner, and postmaster in Westerly, Rhode Island; politician and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in colonial Rhode Island; major general of Rhode Island militia). IAP 80960012 and IAP 20480305 | ||
| 1761 | Portrait of Elizabeth Browne Rogers, oil on canvas | _1761_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg) | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Subject: Elizabeth Browne (1741–1813); youngest daughter of Rev. Arthur Browne (1699–1773; Anglican rector of socially prominent Queen’s Chapel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire); wife of Robert Rogers (1731–1795; well-known French and Indian War hero of Rogers' Rangers fame; m. 1761); later wife of John Roche (sea captain, fur-trader).[9] IAP 80960021 and IAP 40010032 |
| 1761 | Portrait of Mrs. George Jaffrey (c. 1761), oil | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Warner House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Subject: Sarah Wentworth (1702–1778); first husband was Archibald MacPheadris; second husband was George Jaffrey.[10] IAP 80960044, IAP 83030115, and IAP 31020001 | |
| 1761 | Portrait of Mrs. Nathaniel Barrell, oil on canvas | view | 50 × 40 1⁄2 in. (127.0 × 102.9 cm.) | Historic New England, Boston, Massachusetts | Subject: Sarah "Sally" Sayward (1738–1805); daughter of Jonathan Sayward (a merchant and civic leader in colonial York Harbor, Maine); wife of Nathaniel Barrell (a prosperous merchant). IAP 80960014 |
| 1761 | Portrait of Nathaniel Warner, oil | 49 × 39 in. (124.5 × 99.1 cm.) | Warner House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Subject: brother of Colonel Jonathan Warner.[10] IAP 31020002 | |
| 1761 | Portrait of Polly Warner, oil | view | 49 × 39 in. (124.5 × 99.1 cm.) | Warner House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Subject: Mary "Polly" Warner (1749–1770); only daughter of Jonathan Warner (1726–1814) and Mary Nelson (m. 1748); wife of Samuel Sherburne (m. 1760).[10] IAP 31020004 |
| 1761 | Portrait of Samuel Warner, oil | 49 1⁄2 × 40 in. (125.7 × 101.6 cm.) | Warner House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Subject: brother of Colonel Jonathan Warner.[10] IAP 31020003 | |
| 1761 | Portrait of Thomas Wentworth, oil on canvas, |  | 50 1⁄2 × 40 1⁄2 in. (128.3 × 102.9 cm.) | San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California | Subject: lived 1740–1768. IAP 03940006 |
| 1762 | Portrait of a Gentleman of the Nubbel Family, oil | 30 1⁄2 × 24 1⁄2 in. (77.5 × 62.2 cm.) | IAP 83340185 | ||
| 1762 | Portrait of a Woman (c. 1762), oil on canvas |  | 44 × 36 1⁄4 in. (111.8 × 92.1 cm.) [also reported as 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.); 36 × 28 in. (91.4 × 71.1 cm.); 29 × 24 in. (73.7 × 61.0 cm.)] | Brooklyn Museum, New York City | possibly IAP 80960073, IAP 80960074, IAP 80960075, IAP 80960077, and IAP 35680050 |
| 1762 | Portrait of Ann Saltonstall, oil |  | IAP 71930550 | ||
| 1762 | Portrait of Anne Saltonstall, oil on canvas |  | 50 1⁄4 × 40 3⁄8 in. (127.6 × 102.6 cm.) | San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas | IAP 67930001 |
| 1762 | Portrait of Catherine Saltonstall Richards, oil | view | 29 3⁄4 × 24 3⁄4 in. (75.6 × 62.9 cm.) | IAP 71930549 | |
| 1762 | Portrait of Four Children of Governor Gurdon Saltonstall, oil | 41 × 63 1⁄2 in. (104.1 × 161.3 cm.) | New Haven Museum and Historical Society, New Haven, Connecticut | Subjects: Martha, Henrietta, Gilbert and Sarah Saltonstall. IAP 07210130 and IAP 71930552 | |
| 1762 | Portrait of Mary Saltonstall, oil | 30 1⁄2 × 25 in. (77.5 × 63.5 cm.) | New Haven Museum and Historical Society, New Haven, Connecticut | Subject: lived 1744–1820. IAP 07210131 and IAP 71930551 | |
| 1762 | Portrait of Mrs. John Richards (c. 1762), oil | 28 3⁄4 × 24 3⁄8 in. (73.0 × 61.9 cm.) | Subject: Susannah Grey. IAP 32050281 | ||
| 1762 | Portrait of Mrs. Silas Deane, oil | _1761_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg) view | 30 1⁄2 × 25 1⁄8 in. (77.5 × 63.8 cm.) | Silas Deane House, National Society of Colonial Dames of America, Wethersfield, Connecticut | Subject: Elizabeth Saltonstall (1742–1777); daughter of Brigadier General Gurdon Saltonstall (1708–1785) and Rebecca Winthrop (1711–1776); granddaughter of colonial Connecticut Governor Gurdon Saltonstall (1666–1724); second wife of Silas Deane (1737–1789, American merchant, politician and diplomat). IAP 70580009 |
| 1762 | Portrait of Samuel Cutts (1762–1763), oil on canvas |  | 50 1⁄4 × 40 3⁄8 in. (127.6 × 102.6 cm.) | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City | Subject: lived 1726–1801; husband of Anna Holyoke (1735–1812, m. 1762). IAP 71560037 |
| 1762 | Portrait of Mrs. Samuel Cutts (1762–1763), oil on canvas |  | 50 1⁄4 × 40 1⁄2 in. (127.6 × 102.9 cm.) | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City | Subject: Anna Holyoke (1735–1812); wife of Samuel Cutts (1726–1801, m. 1762). IAP 71560038 |
| 1768 | Portrait of Unknown Gentleman, oil | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | Brush House, Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia | IAP 55960015 (and possibly IAP 80040973 and IAP 82250003 [reported as 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.)]) | |
| 1769 | Sportsman, oil on canvas | 49 3⁄4 × 40 in. (126.37 × 101.6 cm.) | Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine | IAP 70080963 | |
| 1774 | Portrait of Sir Richard Acton, oil | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Morville Hall, Shropshire, England | Subject: Sir Richard Acton, 5th Baronet (1711/1712–1791); husband of Lady Anne Grey (died 1791; m. 1744). IAP 80970106 | |
| 1774 | Portrait of Lady Anne Acton, oil | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Morville Hall, Shropshire, England | Subject: Lady Anne Grey (died 1791); daughter of Henry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford (1685–1739) and Dorothy Wright; wife of Sir Richard Acton, 5th Baronet (1711/1712–1791; m. 1744). IAP 80970107 | |
| 1776 | Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Dowdeswell, oil |  | 50 × 41 in. (127 × 104.1 cm.) | IAP 80040915 (possibly IAP 61518764, referred to as Colonel Dowdeswell, 1776, oil) | |
| 1777 | Portrait of Hugh Jones, last known dated portrait by this artist[3] |  | 50 9⁄16 × 40 1⁄4 in. (128.4 × 102.2 cm.) | Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts | IAP 23570266 |
| Child with Drum, oil | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | view | IAP 80041999 | ||
| Portrait of Daniel Wood, oil | 25 × 30 in. (63.5 × 76.2 cm.) | Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont | IAP 53480021 | ||
| Portrait of Hannah Davis | IAP 21180004 | ||||
| Portrait of Thomas Hughes, oil |  | ||||
| Portrait of Elizabeth Hughes, oil |  | ||||
| Portrait of Miss Frances Tucker, oil |  | Subject: daughter of Henry Tucker of the Grove; lived 1740–1825. IAP 80960070 | |||
| Portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Faneuil, oil | Portrait destroyed. | Subject: lived 1708–1776. IAP 80960034 | |||
| Portrait of Mrs. Knight of Gosfield, oil on canvas |  | 49.75 x 40 in. (126.4 x 101.6 cm.) | |||
| Portrait of Morgan Graves in a Blue Jacket, oil on canvas | view | Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana | Included in the Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal.[11] | ||
| Portrait of Rebecca Saltonstall Mumford, oil | 36 × 48 in. (91.4 × 121.9 cm.) | IAP 73260396 | |||
| Portrait of Sarah Reade de Peyster, oil | view | 28 3⁄4 × 24 in. (73 × 61 cm.) | IAP 71771536 | ||
| Portrait of Thomas Welles, oil | IAP 71930357 | ||||
| Portrait of Titus Mead, oil | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | IAP 61505045 | |||
| Portrait said to be of Molly Brant, oil | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | IAP 80970132 | |||
| Self-Portrait, oil | 25 × 30 in. (63.5 × 76.2 cm.) | Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California | IAP 02680018 |
Attributed Artworks
[edit]Although questions remain, these artworks have been attributed to Joseph Blackburn.
| Year | Title | Image | Dimensions | Collection | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1749 | Portrait of William Samuel Johnson (1749–1750), oil (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | Subject lived 1727–1819. IAP 80970137 | ||
| 1757 | Portrait of Col. Henry Vassall, oil on canvas (attributed to Joseph Blackburn; attributed to John Singleton Copley by some)[12] | view B&W | 30 × 25 in. (~74.7 × ~61.8 cm.) | Subject: lived 1721–1769; husband of Penelope Royall (1724–1800); father of Elizabeth (wife of Dr. Charles Russell). IAP 20770007 and IAP 20480366 | |
| 1750 | Portrait of Mrs. Henry Vassall (c. 1750), oil (attributed to Joseph Blackburn; attributed to John Singleton Copley by some)[12] | 17 1⁄2 × 15 in. (44.5 × 38.1 cm.) | Cambridge Historical Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts | Subject: Penelope Royall (1724–1800); wife of Col. Henry Vassall (1721–1769); mother of Elizabeth (wife of Dr. Charles Russell). IAP 20770008 and IAP 82110804 | |
| 1754 | Portrait of Colonel Moses Titcomb (c. 1754–1755), oil on canvas (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | view | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut | Subject lived 1707–1755. IAP 07260855 and IAP 80970120 |
| 1754 | Portrait of Edward Bromfield (c. 1754–1764), oil on canvas (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, Massachusetts | Subject: Boston merchant (1695–1756); father of Col. Henry Bromfield. IAP 21560231 and IAP 80960018 | |
| 1754 | Portrait of Mrs. Peter Harrison (c. 1754–1755; attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | _1754_by_Joseph_Blackburn.jpg) | Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island | Subject: Elizabeth Pelham (died 1784); wife of Peter Harrison (1716–1775; colonial American architect). IAP 47370121 | |
| 1756 | Portrait of Jonathan Belcher, Jr., oil (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | 60 × 48 in. (152.4 × 121.9 cm.) | Subject: Jonathan Belcher (1710–1776). IAP 80970128 | ||
| 1756 | Portrait of Mrs. Jonathan Belcher, Jr, oil (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | Subject: Abigail Allen (1756–71). IAP 80970129 | |||
| 1760 | Portrait of Elizabeth Vassall Oliver, oil (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | 24 × 18 in. (61.0 × 45.7 cm.) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts | Subject lived 1739-c.1808. IAP 80970139 | |
| 1760 | Portrait of Lady Bernard, oil (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut | Subject: Amelia Offley (died 1778). IAP 80970131 | |
| 1760 | Portrait of Mrs. Isaac Winslow and Daughter Hannah (c. 1760; c. 1756 in some sources), oil (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | 37 × 28 3⁄4 in. (94 × 73 cm.) | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas | IAP 51330010 (and possibly IAP 80410003) | |
| 1780 | Portrait of Lady in Blue (c. 1780), oil on canvas (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | view | 29 × 22 in. (73.7 × 55.9 cm.) | Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, Utah | IAP 53140035 |
| Lady in Blue with Child (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) | Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Washington, D.C. | IAP 08270008 | ||
| Portrait of Captain Robert Ball, oil (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | 40 × 33 in. (101.6 × 83.8 cm.) | IAP 80960013 | |||
| Portrait of Ferdinando Fairfax, oil (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | 18 × 15 in. (45.7 × 38.1 cm.) | Subject lived 1774–1820. IAP 81870036 | |||
| Portrait of Mrs. Holmes, oil (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | 30.1 × 24.1 in. (76.5 × 61.2 cm.) | Hampton National Historic Site, Hampton, Maryland | IAP 56940159 | ||
| Portrait of Mrs. Josiah Wilder, oil on canvas (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | 13 × 17 in. (33 × 43.2 cm.) | Subject: Mary 'Polly' Flagg (1750–1821). IAP 85600006 | |||
| Portrait of Mrs. Richard Curson, oil (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | Subject: Elizabeth Becker (1731–89). IAP 80970133 | |||
| Portrait of Samuel Moffatt (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | Moffatt-Ladd House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Subject lived 1738–1780. IAP 70880046 | |||
| Portrait of Sir William Johnson, oil (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) | Subject lived 1715–1774. IAP 80970136 | |||
| Portrait of Thomas Dering, oil (attributed to Joseph Blackburn) | 22 1⁄8 × 17 1⁄4 in. (56.2 × 43.8 cm.) | Subject lived 1720–1785. IAP 80970134 |
References
[edit]- ^ Newportraits. Newport Art Museum (R.I.). 2000. ISBN 9781584650188. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "ARCADJA". ARCADJA. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ a b "Early American Artists, Joseph Blackburn". Worcester Art Museum. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
- ^ a b c "Mercury Images Database". National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ "William Shirley on NNDB". Retrieved November 12, 2012.
- ^ "Bethune lines of descent 1300–1950". Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ "Discussion of Blackburn Portraits". Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ "William Vareika Fine Arts". Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- ^ "Cambridge Historical Society, Winwood Serjeant Letters". Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Museum of Fine Arts, Boston". Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal
- ^ a b "Cambridge History Society". Retrieved March 16, 2013.
Sources
[edit]- Inventories of American Painting (IAP), Smithsonian Institution Research Information System(SIRIS): http://sirismm.si.edu/siris/aboutari.htm
External links
[edit]- John Singleton Copley in America, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Joseph Blackburn (see index)