Collection Highlights
The Solitary Oak (The Old Oak)
1844
1858.75
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
William Tilghman (1756-1827)
Title
William Tilghman (1756-1827)
Date
1841
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 17 in. ( 53.3 x 43.2 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Jefferson Bryan
Object Number
1867.317
Marks
signature and date: on stretcher: "Jo[n]es pinxt 1841"
Gallery Label
Tilghman, a distinguished jurist, was born in Talbot County, Maryland. He became chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1806 and held that position until his death twenty-one years later. This portrait is one of several copies of an original by Rembrandt Peale. Thomas J. Bryan, the donor, acquired Jones's copy from the sale of the effects of the Peale Museum in 1854.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
