Portrait of a Miller183630 1/2 × 25 1/4"Oil on canvasGift of Cyril Irwin Nelson in honor of Howard and Jean Lipman1981.13.101532231586Erastus Salisbury FieldPaintingsThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.EgremontEgremontUnited StatesMassachusettsTreasures of Folk Art: Museum of American Folk ArtPaintingsEgremontPAINTINGportrait
Erastus Salisbury Field, who briefly studied with Samuel F. B. Morse in 1824, was itinerant for much of his career, traveling throughout the New England countryside. Many of his clients were relatives or were referred to him by members of his large family. In 1841, Field returned to New York, possibly to learn daguerreotypy. Eventually, Field could no longer make a living as an artist but still spent his old age painting Biblical, mythological, and historical paintings at his familial home, Plumtrees, Massachusetts.
Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, "Portrait of a Miller," Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 2818361836 1981 13 1 PAINTINGportrait
Erastus Salisbury Field, who briefly studied with Samuel F. B. Morse in 1824, was itinerant for much of his career, traveling throughout the New England countryside. Many of his clients were relatives or were referred to him by members of his large family. In 1841, Field returned to New York, possibly to learn daguerreotypy. Eventually, Field could no longer make a living as an artist but still spent his old age painting Biblical, mythological, and historical paintings at his familial home, Plumtrees, Massachusetts.
Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, "Portrait of a Miller," Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 28