Collection Highlights
WILD STYLE: TRACY 168
1992
2003.38.6
Black marker and felt tip pen on heavy paper with glue residue from a bound border at left
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William Coleman (1766-1829)
Title
William Coleman (1766-1829)
Date
ca. 1810
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions
canvas: 29 x 23 3/4 in. ( 73.7 x 60.3 cm )
frame: 37 1/2 x 32 x 3 1/4 in. ( 95.2 x 81.3 x 8.3 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of David L. Osborn
Object Number
1930.5
Gallery Label
Coleman, who has been described as the most capable Federalist journalist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, was born in Boston and studied and practiced law in Greenfield, Mass., before going to New York around 1796. For a brief period he was the law partner of Aaron Burr, and in 1801 he was made editor and proprietor of the New York "Evening Post" by Alexander Hamilton and other prominent Federalists, an influential post which he held until his death.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
