David McClellan

Benjamin Trott, David McClellan, ca. 1805, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1956.7.1
Benjamin Trott, David McClellan, ca. 1805, watercolor on ivory, sight 3 x 2 1⁄2 in. (7.6 x 6.2 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1956.7.1
Free to use

Artwork Details

Title
David McClellan
Artist
Date
ca. 1805
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 3 x 2 1⁄2 in. (7.6 x 6.2 cm) oval
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Authorities — Attributes — Objects — Mark Type — not dated
  • Portrait male — McClellan, David — bust
Object Number
1956.7.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1956.7.1

Artwork Description

These portraits were painted in 1805, after Benjamin Trott had set out on horseback for a yearlong journey westward. They are two of the many works created as the artist made his way through Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Ohio, states that then defined the nation’s western borders.

Works by this artist (1 item)

Gerrit Willemsz Horst, Young Girl, n.d., oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mabel Johnson Langhorne, 1956.11.18
Young Girl
Artist
Daten.d.
oil on canvas
Not on view

More Artworks from the Collection

Browse All Artworks
Unidentified (Dutch), Jan Uytenbogaert?, 17th century, oil on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, George Buchanan Coale Collection, 1926.6.5
Jan Uytenbogaert?
Artist
Unidentified (Dutch)
Date17th century
oil on wood
Not on view
Juan González, The Nativity, 1662, oil on wood inlaid with mother of pearl, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.6.48
The Nativity
Artist
Date1662
oil on wood inlaid with mother of pearl
Not on view
Elisabetta Sirani, Unidentified (French), Martha Scolding Her Vain Sister Mary Magdalene, 17th century, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Hannis Taylor, 1998.41.1
Martha Scolding Her Vain Sister Mary Magdalene
Artist
Unidentified (French)
Copy after Elisabetta Sirani
Date17th century
oil on canvas
Not on view
Unidentified (European), Portrait of a Bearded Man, 17th century, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. James E. D. Graham and Mr. Thomas E. Dashiell, 1967.90.2
Portrait of a Bearded Man
Artist
Unidentified (European)
Date17th century
oil on canvas
Not on view