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The Reverend Dr. Ezra Stiles

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Date

1770

Artist

Samuel King (c. 1748-1819)

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11334

Description

The sitter (1727-1795) was a lawyer, scholar, Congregationalist minister, and, later, president of Yale College. He recorded in his diary for May 30, 1770: "This day Mr Samuel King took my picture in miniature.". Medium: watercolor on ivory.

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CC0 1.0

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Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

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Newport, Rhode Island, USA

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