Works by Mather Brown

American-born painter, active in England, 1761—1831

Self-Portrait

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Self-Portrait, 1812

Self-Portrait, 1812
by Mather Brown (1761—1831)

Oil on canvas; 30 1/4 x 25 1/4 (76.80 x 64.14). American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA…

Other Works

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	Thomas Jefferson, 1786 by Mather Brown (1761—1831) Oil on canvas; 91.4 x 71.1 x (36 x 28 1/16 in). There are two copies: (1) National Portrait Gallery (… » view »
	Abigail Adams Smith, 1786 by Mather Brown (1761—1831) Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, MA. Known as Nabby (1765—1813), daughter of John and Abigail Adams. » view »
	John Adams, 1788 by Mather Brown (1761—1831) Oil on canvas; 34 ½ x 27 ¼ in. (90.2 x 71.3 cm). Boston Athenæum, Boston, MA. When Adams commissioned a… » view »
	Abigail Adams, c. 1795 after Mather Brown (1761—1831) Portrait by unknown artist after a 1785 painting by Brown. Oil on canvas; 30 1/4" x 26 1/2". New York State… » view »
	William Franklin, c. 1790 attrib. Mather Brown (1761—1831) Oil on canvas; H. 30 in. (76.2 cm), W. 25 in. (63.5 cm). Private collection. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin’s… » view »
	George, Prince of Wales, c. 1789 by Mather Brown (1761—1831) Oil on canvas; 249.9 x 181.6 cm. Royal Collection Trust, London, England. The Prince of Wales (1762 - 1830),… » view »
	King George III, 1790 by Mather Brown (1761—1831) Oil on canvas. » view »
	General George Eliott, 1790 by Mather Brown (1761—1831) Oil on canvas; 8 3/16 x 64 3/8 in. (249.4 x 163.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. General… » view »
	Sir Richard Arkwright, 1790 by Mather Brown (1761—1831) Oil on canvas. New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT. A leading inventor in the early Industrial… » view »
	Louis XVI Saying Farewell to His Family, 1793 by Mather Brown (1761—1831) Oil on canvas; 86 x 111 in. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. » view »

Washington’s courage thrilled his men. But he was not an enlisted man’s general. He did not interact personally with them, and would not let his officers do so either. Officers under his command who supped or slept in enlisted men’s headquarters were routinely punished. To Washington’s mind, discipline and hierarchy were central to maintaining unit cohesion and integrity. No warm, outgoing person, notes one historian, Washington bound men to him by his own sense of justice and dedication. Yet how his troops viewed him, and in what ways their opinions may have changed over time, is uncertain. Although nineteenth-century history books and old soldiers’ memoirs resonate with references to the commander-in-chief’s inspirational presence, diaries and other accounts written in wartime rarely mention him.

— Edward G. Lengel

General George Washington: A Military Life (2005)