George Sunderland184033 1/4 x 28 1/2 " (84.5 x 72.4 cm)
Frame: 42 x 36 3/4 " (106.7 x 93.3 cm)Oil on canvas; in original frameGift of Ralph and Bobbi Terkowitz2019.3.201567126762P1.2018.2Ammi PhillipsPaintingsThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.Inscribed on the back of the canvas: George C. Sunderland / Painted When at the Age / of 21 years / by / Mr. Ammi Phillips / In the fall 1840United StatesNew YorkPaintingsPublications: Barbara C. and Lawrence B. Holdridge, “Ammi Phillips,” Art in America (Summer 1960), pp. 98–103; Barbara C. and Lawrence B. Holdridge, “Ammi Phillips, Limner Extraordinary,” Antiques (December 1961), pp. 558–563, fig. 1; Barbara C. and Lawrence B. Holdridge, “Ammi Phillips, 1788–1865,” Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin (October 1965), no. 142; Barbara C. and Lawrence B. Holdridge, Ammi Phillips, Portrait Painter, 1788–1865, (New York, 1969), no. 212, pp. 37 and 51; Hollander and Fertig, [et al]. Revisiting Ammi Phillips: Fifty Years of American Portraiture (New York: Museum of American Folk Art, 1994), frontispiece, pp. 56, 74 and pl. XLVIII.This signed portrait established the identity of the “Kent Limner” as Ammi Phillips and provided the link between his “Kent” period (1829–1838) and his “Border” period (1812–1819). The Holdridges referred to it as the Rosetta Stone...Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgP1.2018.218401840 2019 3 2 This signed portrait established the identity of the “Kent Limner” as Ammi Phillips and provided the link between his “Kent” period (1829–1838) and his “Border” period (1812–1819). The Holdridges referred to it as the Rosetta Stone...Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org