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Artist galleriesJohn Adams Elder's contemporaries

John Adams Elder's contemporaries

Artist: John Adams Elder, Sitter: Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Artist: John Adams Elder, Sitter: Robert Edward Lee, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
A work made of etching, aquatint, drypoint and burin on ivory laid paper.
A work made of color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono.
The Large Tree, by Paul Gauguin, 1891
Monks in the Cloister of the Church of Gesù e Maria, Rome, by François Marius Granet, 1808

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

A few works by John Adams Elder, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.

First room, north wall

  1. Artist: John Adams Elder, Sitter: Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
    Thomas Jonathan JacksonJohn Adams Elder, 1876Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
  2. Artist: John Adams Elder, Sitter: Robert Edward Lee, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
    Robert Edward LeeJohn Adams Elder, 1876Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Their contemporaries

  1. A work made of etching, aquatint, drypoint and burin on ivory laid paper.
    Pedro Romero killing the halted bull, plate 30 from The Art of BullfightingFrancisco Goya, 1814/16, published 1816Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono.
    Distant View of Mount Fuji at Dawn from HakoneUtagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1828/30Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. The Large Tree, by Paul Gauguin, 1891
    The Large TreePaul Gauguin, 1891Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. Monks in the Cloister of the Church of Gesù e Maria, Rome, by François Marius Granet, 1808
    Monks in the Cloister of the Church of Gesù e Maria, RomeFrançois Marius Granet, 1808Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Their contemporaries, second

  1. Cherry Shell, from the series Genroku Poetry Shell Games, by Katsushika Hokusai, probably 1821
    Cherry Shell, from the series Genroku Poetry Shell GamesKatsushika Hokusai, probably 1821Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. The image displays a man in a portrait from the waist up, in a three-quarter view. He is facing slightly to the right and looking into the distance with a calm expression. The man has fair skin, light reddish-brown hair, sideburns, a defined nose, and a slightly upturned chin. He is wearing a black double-breasted coat with a high collar, a dark waistcoat, a white shirt, and a medal on his chest with an insignia and ribbon. The background is plain and deep brown.
    Francis Charles Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of HertfordThomas Lawrence, c. 1822/1823Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington