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Edward Dalton Marchant

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in 1854 where he would remain for another thirty years. Although mostly known for his portraits in oil, Marchant also created miniatures. He was elected to a number of arts academies and exhibited regularly during his lifetime.
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An ardent opponent of slavery who advocated for the return of slaves to Africa, Marchant was commissioned by the Union League of Philadelphia in December 1862 to paint a portrait of
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after 1832, completing many portraits of well-to-do merchants and political leaders during the 1830s and 1840s; in addition, he completed commissions in several
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in 1825, familiarizing himself with the artist's style. Marchant began an early, peripatetic career by late 1826 advertising his services in a
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in 1806. Largely self-taught, Marchant began his career as a house painter, establishing a portrait studio in Edgartown by the mid-1820s.
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Samuel Beals Thomas, with His Wife, Sarah Kellogg Thomas, and Their Two Daughters, Abigail and Pauline
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Another 1864 Marchant portrait of Lincoln is featured today in the Lincoln Room of the
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newspaper, but returned to Edgartown in 1828-1829. He would soon after relocate to
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The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views (Social, Political, Iconographic)
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Philadelphia's Cultural Landscape: The Sartain Family Legacy
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Edward Dalton Marchant, miniature self-portrait, c. 1860.
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Holzer, Harold; Medford, Edna Greene; Williams, Frank J.
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Marchant is known to have studied briefly with artist
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The Walters Art Museum
American artist
Edgartown, Massachusetts
Gilbert Stuart
Boston
Charleston, South Carolina
Worcester, Massachusetts
New York City
Ohio
Nashville
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Abraham Lincoln
Independence Hall
Emancipation Proclamation
1864 presidential election
President's Guest House
Washington, D.C.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Samuel Beals Thomas, with His Wife, Sarah Kellogg Thomas, and Their Two Daughters, Abigail and Pauline, 1830. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Elisha Reynolds Potter, Jr., 1844. Rhode Island Historical Society
Elisha Reynolds Potter, Jr.
Rhode Island Historical Society
James Tooley, Jr., Portrait of Andrew Jackson, 1840, copy of a painting made that same year by Marchant. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
James Tooley, Jr.
Andrew Jackson
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

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