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James Frothingham|John Wesley Jarvis
James Frothingham|John Wesley Jarvis is a Romanticism painter. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Portrait painter active in early 19th-century America, James Frothingham painted stern, dignified likenesses of merchants and professionals. His 1812–16 oil on canvas of Christopher Colles shows the engineer in dark coat and cravat, one hand resting on a rolled map. The plain background keeps the focus on Colles’s steady gaze and the papers that mark his work. Tap the portrait to zoom in on the map’s delicate ink lines.
Works by James Frothingham|John Wesley Jarvis
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