# Samuel Putnam Avery

**Charles Loring Elliott** (12 Oct 1812 - 25 Aug 1868)  
1863  
Oil on canvas  
76.2cm x 63.5cm (30" x 25"), Accurate

Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, NPG.72.88. [The museum's record](https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.72.88).

## About this work

Charles Loring Elliott painted this in 1863, aged 51. It is now at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

### What you’re looking at

Artist: Charles Loring Elliott, Sitter: Samuel Putnam Avery, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

_Description from the National Portrait Gallery._

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Charles Loring Elliott](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/charles-loring-elliott)

12 Oct 1812 - 25 Aug 1868

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- The artist was 51
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Business and Finance, Arts and Culture, Businessperson, Art dealer, Printmakers, Mustaches, Portraits, Facial Hair
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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