Museum Collections
Paintings
Reverend John Stanford, D.D. (1754-1834)
Object Number:
1864.3
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 x 27 1/4 in. ( 86.4 x 69.2 cm )
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Portrait of Rev. John Stanford D.D. / Obit New York. Jany 13th 1834"
Gallery Label:
Born in Surrey, England, the son of William and Mary Stanford prepared for the Baptist ministry in his native land and was ordained in 1781. Five years later he came to the United States, finally settling in New York in 1789. In 1812 he became chaplain of the New York State Prison, followed by additional work at the poorhouse and at hospitals. He was known for his humanitarian efforts, such as the founding of the House of Refuge for youthful offenders. The Society owns many of his papers.
Bibliography:
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Catalogue of the Museum and Gallery of Art of The New-York Historical Society, New York, The New-York Historical Society, 1866 p. 16.
Tuckerman, Henry T., Book of the Artists, American Artist Life, Comprising Biographical and Critical Sketches of American Artists: Preceded by an Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of Art in America, New York: P. Putnam & Son, 1867, pp. 57, 621.
Van der Weyde, William M., "John Wesley Jarvis," Americana, 7, July 1912, pp. 651-7.
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1915, p. 23.
Kelby, William, Notes on American Artists 1754-1820: Copied from advertisements appearing in the newspapers of the day, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1922, p. 69.
Harrington, John Walker, "John Wesley Jarvis, Portraitist,´The American Magazine of Art, Vol. 8, No. 11, November 1927, pp. 577-84.
Bolton, Theodore, and Groce, George C., Jr., "John Wesley Jarvis: An Account of His Life and the First Catalogue of His Work, Art Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4, Autumn 1938, pp. 299-321.
Dickson, H.E., "John Wesley Jarvis: Knickerbocker Painter, The New-York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 2, April 1940, pp. 47-64.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society: Oil Portraits, Miniatures, Sculptures, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1941, pp. 54-5.
Dickson, Harold E., John Wesley Jarvis: American Painter, 1780-1840, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1949, pp. 212. 365, 444.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, Vol. 2, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1974, p. 752.
Zygmont, Bryan J., Portraiture and Politics in New York City, 1790-1825, Ph.D. Diss., University of Maryland, College Park, 2006, pp. 212-3, 231.
Credit Line:
Gift of Aaron B. Hays
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.




