Martha Tennent Rogers (Mrs. David Rogers) and Her Son, probably Samuel Henry Rogers
1788
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 86.4 x 73.3 cm (34 x 28 7/8 in.) framed: 100.7 x 87.6 x 4.1 cm (39 5/8 x 34 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Accession Number
1965.15.9
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Ralph Earl · 1751–1801
Ralph Earl (1751–1801) was born on May 11 in Shrewsbury or Leicester, Massachusetts, the eldest of four children to Ralph Earle, a colonel in the Revolutionary army, and Phebe Whittemore Earl. Growing up amid farmers and craftsmen in Worcester County, Earl displayed prodigious talent as a self-taught artist, emulating the works of John Singleton Copley after observing his half-brother Henry Pelham...