Artist/Maker
John Trumbull
(American, 1756 – 1843)
Edward King (1795-1836)
1801
Oil on canvas
Overall: 24 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. ( 61.3 x 51.1 cm )
Bequest of Rufus King
1958.11
Edward King spent the first years of his life in England where his father, Rufus King (1755-1827), was the minister to the Court of St. James's. This portrait of him as a child was painted in London, while Trumbull was there as part of the Jay Treaty commission. The artist was a friend of Edward's father. This portrait came to the Society as part of the bequest of Edward's great-grandson, also named Rufus King.
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