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Each week American History tvs american artifacts visits dedicated on march 17th, 1941, the National Gallery of art was a gift to the American People from financier andrew melon, who served as treasury secretary from 1921 to 1932. Up next, we visit the museum tos learn about early american portrait painting and the work of John Singleton copley. Hello. Im Dianne Stephens from the education department, the National Gallery of art. Were standing in a room full of portraits by John Singleton par copley, americas most importa t colonial portrait painter. Mu when you see copleys portraits, you want to discourse with them. You want to ask them questions and receive answers. I dont think you can say it much better than that. Let me give you a little background. Eand in the early part of the 18th century in america, early painters without much background and much training, we call them the limners, made ambitious but tentative efforts to capture likenesses on canvas because c portraiture was t
Dedicated on march 17th, 1941, the National Gallery of art was a gift to the American People from financier andrew melon. Up next, we visit the museum to learn about early american portrait painting and the work of John Singleton copley. Hello. Im Dianne Stephens from the education department, the National Gallery of art. Were standing in a room full of portraits by John Singleton copley, americas most important colonial portrait painter. You can thi you want to ask them questions and receive answers. I dont think you can say it much better than that. Let me give you a little background. In the early part of the 18th century in america, early painters without much background and much training, we call them the limbners, made ambitious but tentative efforts to capture likenesses on canvas because portraiture was the only way of doing that those days and it was really the most important type of painting in the colonies. It was with John Singleton copley and john west that there was a gre
Basket of the area. And wheat here is like what tobacco was to the east of us. This 1820s American Farm was originally located about an hours drive north of here in what is now northern Rockingham County. When it was first built it was still augusta count. The main part of the house was constructed in 1773 from a german immigrant which is the typical story, coming down from pennsylvania, which is why the museum wanted the property because the family story was shared by others at the same time. Were in the parlor in this rather fancy it is fancy for a farmer. This was added by the original owner as grandson in 1820. But it is an older house. By the time this house looked like this, and by the time this parlor that we can see behind me look the like this in 1820, the frontier was quite far west. In fact it was basically in missouri. That would be the frontier, out to the mississippi. But when the main part of the house was built across the hall from us in 1773, it would depend from what
Tract, which was given to lord fairfax and the borden track south of that. But huge holdings. And then those members of the aristocrats that owned those lands were to settle it within a certain number of people within a certain number of years. So there was a lot of finangling of land and difficulties in people acquiring title. But meeting with the surveyor and finding a vacant piece of land and coming back with the guide and seeing if that property was available for purchase. And then prices of course varied depending on whether it was good bottom land or upland or whatever. But there were problems many times in acquiring final title. There were overlapping claims an you read about somebody might improve a piece of property and then some years later find it is claimed by somebody else. That was not infrequent. At that time, in the 18th century, north of us, what is Rockingham County and north, would have had a larger number of folks from germany, which this area which is now augusta c
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