Captain Ethan Alphonso Allen, USA
Artist
William Dunlap
(American, 1766-1839)
CultureAmerican
Date1819
MediumOil on mahogany
DimensionsOverall: 21 x 19 1/8 in. (53.3 x 48.5 cm)
Overall, Frame: 29 1/2 x 25 x 3 1/2 in. (74.9 x 63.5 x 8.9 cm)
Overall, Frame: 29 1/2 x 25 x 3 1/2 in. (74.9 x 63.5 x 8.9 cm)
Inscribed"Captain Ethan Augustus Allen, U.S.A.". Lower right: "Norfolk 1819/Painted by W. Dunlap/of New York".
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number51.12.1
Not on view
DescriptionPortrait of Capt. Allen in uniform, facing right. Good condition. Appears to have been recently cleaned and varnished. 1 1/2" crack down from the top edge 8" from the right edge.Exhibition HistoryMyers House H.H.S. Treviranus, Dec. 1965-March 1966 "Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "American Treasures at the Willoughby-Baylor House," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, January 2 - December 1, 2013. Published ReferencesNORFOLK MUSEUM BULLETIN, Vol. 4, #4, April 1951. AMERICAN ART CALENDAR, 1953 "Museum Piece of the Week," VIRGINIA PILOT, 2/25/57 FAMOUS PAINTINGS CALENDAR, 1955 Dunlap, HISTORY OF ARTS OF DESIGN, VOL. I, pp. 328-330, Norfolk 22 Oct-late April 1820, painting done Nov-Dec. A "Mr. Crawley"-another portraitist. Dunlap, DIARY, VOL. II, pp. 492-495, painted Nov. 30-Dec. 5, Son of patriot Ethan Allen. A sot (sic). p. 537. Original cost-$9 for frame. Dennis R. Anderson, THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF AMERICAN ART IN THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM (Norfolk, VA: 1976), p. 76, b/w ill.
