Lot 354
George Catlin (American, 1796-1872), "Portrait of Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York (1769-1828)", oil on canvas mounted on board, c. 1825-1827, 29 in. x 24 in. E5000-7000 Note: Before his first travels to the American West in 1830, (eventually resulting in some 1000 images of North and South American Indian life, for which he is now most celebrated), Catlin began as a miniature painter in Philadelphia around 1820. His first portrait of Governor Clinton was a miniature painted at Albany in December 1824 (engraved in Philadelphia in the following year); his second, of 1825-1827, was the large seated portrait (first version, 30 in. x 25 in., at the New York Historical Society); this present version is an exact reprise of that canvas; while Catlin's third Clinton painting was a full-length standing portrait of 1828 for the New York Common Council (also contemporaneously copied at full size, in a version for the Franklin Institute in Rochester, New York). DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828) served four terms (1817-1822 and 1825-1828) as Governor of New York State; he also served in the U.S. Senate (1802-1803), introducing the 12th Amendment, which outlined the present method of electing the President and Vice President. He was Mayor of New York City for twelve years ( 1803-1815), and ran as an unsuccessful candidate for President on the Republican party ticket in 1812.
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