John B. Pendleton

Rembrandt Peale, John B. Pendleton, ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.38
Copied Rembrandt Peale, John B. Pendleton, ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory, image (oval): 1 781 58 in. (4.94.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.38
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Artwork Details

Title
John B. Pendleton
Date
ca. 1820
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image (oval): 1 781 58 in. (4.94.0 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Keywords
  • Portrait male — Pendelton, John B. — bust
Object Number
1999.27.38

Artwork Description

John B. Pendleton (1798-1866) was one of America’s earliest lithographers, establishing his printing house in Boston in 1825. Lithography was then the most modern form of reproducing a drawing. One of Pendleton’s apprentices was Nathaniel Currier, who would eventually buy his mentor’s firm and, with his new partner, rename it Currier & Ives. Rembrandt Peale also painted a full-length portrait of Pendleton, now owned by the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio.