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| Keywords: Charles Loring Elliott - Portrait of Asher B Durand - Walters 3770.jpg In about 1830 Elliott moved from upstate New York to Manhattan where he studied briefly with John Quidor 1801-81 a specialist in literary scenes Otherwise he was largely self-taught although he had thoroughly familiarized himself with the techniques employed by the portrait painter Gilbert Stuart 1755-1828 By the 1850s Elliott had become the leading portraitist in New York Asher B Durand 1796-1886 began his career as an engraver but eventually turned to landscape painting and succeeded Thomas Cole as the leader of the Hudson River school of landscape painters 1860 Oil on canvas cm 68 8 55 6 ; Framed cm 87 74 9 11 4 accession number 37 70 1642 William T Walters city Baltimore from the artist Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1860 Signature Lower left C/L Elliott; Date Lower left 1860 New Jersey and the Artist New Jersey State Museum Trenton 1965 The American Artist as Painter and Draftsman The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2001 The Walters' American Collection The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2005-2006 place of origin New York City New York USA Walters Art Museum license 3D Charles Loring Elliott Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Paintings in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
