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TitleEzra Stiles

Creator nameKing, Samuel

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1771

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions34 x 28 in. (86.4 x 71.1 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/49867

Accession number1955.3.1

SubjectsUniversities and colleges in artPortrait painting, AmericanMen--Portraits

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Education and Discovery: Catalogue Entries

Helen A. Cooper

Description: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University...

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery

A 1746 graduate of Yale College, Ezra Stiles (1727–1795) returned as the school’s seventh president in 1778. Stiles, a respected Newport minister, was one of the town’s most erudite citizens. Fluent in several ancient languages, he read Greek and Roman history, philosophy, and the Cabala. In the sciences, Stiles proved no less inquisitive. He corresponded with Benjamin Franklin and conducted some of the earliest electrical experiments in America...

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Helen A. Cooper

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.212-239

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00075.015

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-15372&redirecttoanchor=16541

Chapter subject tags:Universities and colleges--United States--History--18th centuryPortrait painting, American--18th centuryDecorative arts, Early AmericanTrumbull, John, 1756-1843Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872Needlework--United States--19th centuryArt and science--United States--History--19th centuryPhotography--United States--History--19th century

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