John Bush(1755-1816), 1791

| Attr. John Mackay or M’Kay
| oil on canvas
| 38 1/2 x 32 (97.79 x 81.28) (framed)
| signed, l.l., in red paint: ‘M’Kay Pinxt’; and l.r.: ‘MacKay’
| Gift of Louise Pratt Harthan, 1896
| Weis 20, 22

Ex. Coll.: Sitters; possibly to his son Richard Platt Bush (1786-1868); owned by his nephew John Bush Pratt (1808-95); to his niece, the donor.

Exhibitions:
1949, ‘From Colony to Nation,’ Art Institute of Chicago, no. 80.
1971, ‘Early American Paintings from the Collections of the Worcester Art Museum and the American Antiquarian Society,’ Worcester Art Museum.

Publications:
Dresser, 1969, 726-27.

 

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