Jacob Read (1752/53–1816) Yale University Art Gallery

1793

On view, 2nd floor, American Art before 1900

During the Revolutionary War, Jacob Read served as a captain in the Charleston, South Carolina, militia. He was a member of the Continental Congress between 1783 and 1786, and in 1787 he was elected speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, where he served until 1794. Trumbull painted this miniature in Charleston in 1793. He shows Read standing in the left doorway in The Resignation of General Washington (1832.8).

Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 3 5/8 × 3 1/16 in. (9.2 × 7.8 cm)
Credit Line: Trumbull Collection
Accession Number: 1832.52
Geography: Made in Charleston, South Carolina
Culture: American
Period: 18th century
Classification: Miniatures
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography

Helen A. Cooper et al., Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2008), 102, no. 44, ill.

Susan B. Matheson, Art for Yale: A History of the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2001), 18, fig. 15

Helen A. Cooper et al., John Trumbull: The Hand and Spirit of a Painter (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1982), 141, pl. 81-85

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

miniatures (paintings), portraits

Subject

Federalist Party lawyers men officers (military officers) politicians

Signed

Signed verso: "Jacob Reed [sic], Esqr./Member of Congress from/So. Carolina in 1783. And/present at the resignation/of Genl. Washington at.the close of the War of/the Revolution in America/Painted at Charleston/So. Carolina. 1793/by J. Trumbull."

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