The Reverend Dr. Ezra Stiles
The sitter (1727-1795) was a lawyer, scholar, Congregationalist minister, and, later, president of Yale College. He recorded in his diary for May 30, 1770: "This day Mr Samuel King took my picture in miniature."
Artwork Details
- Title: The Reverend Dr. Ezra Stiles
- Artist: Samuel King (American, Newport, Rhode Island ca. 1748–1819 Newport, Rhode Island)
- Date: 1770
- Culture: American
- Medium: Watercolor on ivory
- Dimensions: 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (4.4 x 3.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of J. William Middendorf II, 1968
- Object Number: 68.222.26
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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