Commodore Daniel Todd Patterson
Artist
John Wesley Jarvis
(American, 1781 - 1840)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1815
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 36 1/8 x 28 1/8 in. (91.8 x 71.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 42 1/2 x 34 1/2 in. (108 x 87.6 cm)
Overall, Frame: 42 1/2 x 34 1/2 in. (108 x 87.6 cm)
InscribedInscribed on label on canvas stretcher reads: Property of Commodore T.H. Patterson;
U.S. Navy ;
Washington,;
D.C.
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number65.34.6
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas three-quarter portrait of Commodore Daniel Todd Patterson (1786-1839), an American Naval officer who shared credit with Andrew Jackson for the last major victory of the War of 1812. He stands in uniform, facing and pointing with his index finger to the right, with a threatening pinkish-gray sky behind him.Label TextJohn Wesley Jarvis American, 1780–1840 Commodore Daniel Todd Patterson, ca. 1815 Oil on canvas Together with Andrew Jackson, Commodore Daniel Todd Patterson (1786–1839) led the United States to victory in the Battle of New Orleans. This portrait by John Wesley Jarvis presents the young hero of the War of 1812 as a proud and intelligent leader. Open sky and windswept hair help us imagine the dashing naval officer using these military skills in the midst of a conflict, perhaps commanding his men from the deck of a battleship. Museum purchase 65.34.6 ProvenanceCommodore Daniel Todd Patterson (1785-1839); his wife, George Ann Pollock (1787-1851); his son, Admiral Thomas Harman Patterson (1820-1889); his son, Samuel A.W. Patterson (1859-1933); his wife, Margaret Sprague Davis (1860-1936); their son, Daniel Walter Patterson (1891-1963); his wife, Florence V. Ruos (1893-1970); Possible loan/consignment to Florene Maine, Antiques, Ridgefield, Conn., Summer 1962; M. Knoedler and Co., Inc., New York, N.Y.; Chrysler Museum Membership and Norfolk Society of Art Auction Purchase, 1965. Exhibition History"Four Centuries of American Art," The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minn., November 27, 1963 - January 19, 1964. "Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. (Exh. cat. p. 80) "Hidden Treasures in The Chrysler Museum," Norfolk, Va., November 26, 1985 - January 5, 1986. "Behind the Seen: The Chrysler's Hidden Museum," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., October 21, 2005 - February 19, 2006. "Reopening of the Joan P. Brock Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Opening in March of 2008. Published ReferencesFlorene Maine, Antiques advertisement, _Art in America_ Vol. 50, no. 2 (Summer 1962): 14. Forrest Selvig, _Four Centuries of American Art_, exh. cat., Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minn., 1964, n.p. Ledger-Star staff, "Museum Buys $15,000 Portrait," _Ledger-Star_ (Thursday, Oct. 7, 1965): front page of first section. Dennis R. Anderson, _Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., Norfolk, Va., 1975, 80. _The Chrysler Museum: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Norfolk, Virginia_, (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum, 1982), 80. Harold D. Moser, et al., editor, _The Papers of Andrew Jackson, 1814-1815_, 3 (Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 1991): 274, ill. Robert V. Remini, _The Battle of New Orleans_, (New York: Viking, 1999): not paged, see illustration at the end of chapter 4. Robin Reilly, _The British at the Gates_ (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, reprint of 1974 edition, 2002), xi, 205. Department of the U.S. Navy, "Commodore Daniel Todd Patterson," www.history.navy.mil. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Navy, Naval Historical Center. 10/16/2004: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-p/d-patrsn.htm. Martha N. Hagood and Jefferson C. Harrison, _American Art at the Chrysler Museum: Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings_ (Norfolk, Va.: Chrysler Museum of Art, 2005), 31, no. 10. Charles E. Brodine, Jr., Michael J. Crawford, and Christine F. Hughes, _Interpreting Old Ironsides: An Illustrated Guide to USS Constitution_ (Washington DC: Naval Historical Center, 2007) p. 39. Andrew Oliver, _American Travelers on the Nile: Early US Visitors to Egypt, 1774-1839_ (Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2014) fig. 15. Christine F. Hughes and Charles E. Brodine, Jr., eds. _The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History, Volume IV: 1814-1815 Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico (Washington, DC: Naval History and Heritage Command, Department of the Navy, 2023) 1016.
