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N.F. Little, Antiques, (May 1950), p. 360.
"The Paintings" [New York State Historical Association issue], Antiques LXXV (February 1959), illus. on p. 166.
Louis C. Jones and Agnes Halsey, “New-Found Folk Art of the Young Republic"(Exh. Cat. Cooperstown, NY: NYSHA, 1960), pp. 27-29, n.60, ill.60
George R. Clay, "Children of the Young Republic," American Heritage XI (April 1960), illus. on p.53.
Nina Fletcher Little, “John Brewster Jr. 1766-1854: Deaf-Mute Portrait Painter of Connecticut and Maine,” Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, vol.25, n.4, (October 1960), p. 108, illus. as fig. 26, on p. 125, illus. as fig. 25, illus. as fig. 34 and 35 on p.127, pp. 97-129.
Nina Fletcher Little, “John Brewster Jr.: 1766-1854: Deaf-mute itinerant portrait painter,” in Antiques LXXVIII (November 1960), no. 19 only, illus. on p. 462.
“John Brewster, Jr. A Critique,” Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, vol.26, n.2, (April 1961), pp.45-48, ill.
Antiques, (November 1963), np.
Christian Science Monitor, April 19, 1966, p. 8.
Antiques, (January 1969), p.62, ill.
Peter Tillou, “Where Liberty Dwells: 19th-Century Art by the American People; works of art form the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tillou” (exh. cat. 1976), pp. 13, 14, 104.
Nina Fletcher Little, Paintings by New England Provincial Artists (exh. cat. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1979), pp.56-63.
“American School for the Deaf,” Biennial Report (1979), p. 19.
“American Folk Portraits. Paintings and Drawings from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center” (Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1981), pp.65-67.
Suzette Lane and Paul D'Ambrosio, "Folk Art in the New York State Historical Association," Antiques CXXIV (September 1983), p. 520, pl IV, ill.
Joyce Hill, “Miniatures by John Brewster, Jr.,” in The Clarion, (Spring/Summer, 1983), pp.49-50.
Nina Fletcher Little, “Little by Little: Six Decades of Collecting American Decorative Arts” (New York: E.P. Dutton Inc., 1984), p.260.
Steve Libby, “The artist who spoke only through his brushes,” The Sunday Republican Magazine, Waterbury, CT, (May 1984), front cover image, pp.6-8, ill.
A. Bruce MacLeish, “Paintings in the New York State Historical Association,” in Antiques CXXVI (September 1984), illus. as plate III on p. 591.
Paul S. D'Ambrosio and Charlotte M. Emans, "Folk Art's Many Faces: Portraits in the New York State Historical Association" (Cooperstown, NY: NYSHA, 1987), pp. 48-49, illus. as no.20, p.49.
Charles Clark, James S Leamon, & Karen Bowden, “Maine in the Early Republic,” (Maine: University Press of New England, 1988), np., ill.
Colleen Cowles Heslip, “Between the Rivers; Itinerant Painters from the Connecticut to the Hudson” (Williamstown, MA: Clark Art Institute, 1990), p. 14.
“Taming Wildlife,” in Heritage, (Fall 1998), pp.26-30, ill. on p.27.
Harlan Lane, “A Deaf Artist in Early America: the Worlds of John Brewster Jr.,” (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2004), front cover, pp.3, ill., 26-53, ill.
Harlan Lane, “John Brewster, Jr., A Deaf Artist in Early America,” in The Catalogue of Antiques & Fine Art, (New York, 2005) pp. 126-133.
“Rediscovering John Brewster, Jr. The Remarkable Career of a Deaf Artist,” in Deaf Life (June 2007), pp. 27-53, ill. pp. 26, 29, 31, 32, 34, 36, 39, 43, 45, 46, 49, 50.
Artist
John Brewster Jr.
(1766 - 1854)
Husband of Eunice Day
Date1820
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsSight: 27 1/2 × 23 3/8 in. (69.9 × 59.4 cm)
Object numberN0010.2014(01)
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Museum Purchase, Partial Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Terence M. Clark
Photograph by Richard Walker
Bibliography“Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century Portraits,” The Miller Art Center (1958).N.F. Little, Antiques, (May 1950), p. 360.
"The Paintings" [New York State Historical Association issue], Antiques LXXV (February 1959), illus. on p. 166.
Louis C. Jones and Agnes Halsey, “New-Found Folk Art of the Young Republic"(Exh. Cat. Cooperstown, NY: NYSHA, 1960), pp. 27-29, n.60, ill.60
George R. Clay, "Children of the Young Republic," American Heritage XI (April 1960), illus. on p.53.
Nina Fletcher Little, “John Brewster Jr. 1766-1854: Deaf-Mute Portrait Painter of Connecticut and Maine,” Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, vol.25, n.4, (October 1960), p. 108, illus. as fig. 26, on p. 125, illus. as fig. 25, illus. as fig. 34 and 35 on p.127, pp. 97-129.
Nina Fletcher Little, “John Brewster Jr.: 1766-1854: Deaf-mute itinerant portrait painter,” in Antiques LXXVIII (November 1960), no. 19 only, illus. on p. 462.
“John Brewster, Jr. A Critique,” Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, vol.26, n.2, (April 1961), pp.45-48, ill.
Antiques, (November 1963), np.
Christian Science Monitor, April 19, 1966, p. 8.
Antiques, (January 1969), p.62, ill.
Peter Tillou, “Where Liberty Dwells: 19th-Century Art by the American People; works of art form the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tillou” (exh. cat. 1976), pp. 13, 14, 104.
Nina Fletcher Little, Paintings by New England Provincial Artists (exh. cat. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1979), pp.56-63.
“American School for the Deaf,” Biennial Report (1979), p. 19.
“American Folk Portraits. Paintings and Drawings from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center” (Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1981), pp.65-67.
Suzette Lane and Paul D'Ambrosio, "Folk Art in the New York State Historical Association," Antiques CXXIV (September 1983), p. 520, pl IV, ill.
Joyce Hill, “Miniatures by John Brewster, Jr.,” in The Clarion, (Spring/Summer, 1983), pp.49-50.
Nina Fletcher Little, “Little by Little: Six Decades of Collecting American Decorative Arts” (New York: E.P. Dutton Inc., 1984), p.260.
Steve Libby, “The artist who spoke only through his brushes,” The Sunday Republican Magazine, Waterbury, CT, (May 1984), front cover image, pp.6-8, ill.
A. Bruce MacLeish, “Paintings in the New York State Historical Association,” in Antiques CXXVI (September 1984), illus. as plate III on p. 591.
Paul S. D'Ambrosio and Charlotte M. Emans, "Folk Art's Many Faces: Portraits in the New York State Historical Association" (Cooperstown, NY: NYSHA, 1987), pp. 48-49, illus. as no.20, p.49.
Charles Clark, James S Leamon, & Karen Bowden, “Maine in the Early Republic,” (Maine: University Press of New England, 1988), np., ill.
Colleen Cowles Heslip, “Between the Rivers; Itinerant Painters from the Connecticut to the Hudson” (Williamstown, MA: Clark Art Institute, 1990), p. 14.
“Taming Wildlife,” in Heritage, (Fall 1998), pp.26-30, ill. on p.27.
Harlan Lane, “A Deaf Artist in Early America: the Worlds of John Brewster Jr.,” (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2004), front cover, pp.3, ill., 26-53, ill.
Harlan Lane, “John Brewster, Jr., A Deaf Artist in Early America,” in The Catalogue of Antiques & Fine Art, (New York, 2005) pp. 126-133.
“Rediscovering John Brewster, Jr. The Remarkable Career of a Deaf Artist,” in Deaf Life (June 2007), pp. 27-53, ill. pp. 26, 29, 31, 32, 34, 36, 39, 43, 45, 46, 49, 50.
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c.1866-1910
c. 1885-1887
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