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Art Books Press 2007
81 pps.,54 illustrations, 17 in color
$35. plus $4. shipping
EXCERPTS FROM BOOK
The areas in which McIlworth worked in the years 1757-1767 are known today as Manhattan and the Bronx, Albany including Rensselaer and Clermont, Schenectady and Johnstown, the latter the home of Sir William Johnson.
McIlworth worked and lived in New York City about five years ---moved up the Hudson in 1762.
It is the only known portrait of the general (General John Bradstreet)
The will of Richard Gibbons states “that his large picture by McIlworth be given to his daughter Susannah (Canadian connection).
A receipt found in the Van Rensselaer Papers at the New York State Library documents the portrait of Mrs. Ten Broeck and that of Stephen Van Rensselaer II as being painted by McIlworth.
Gerardus (Stuyvesant) encouraged his son to use the name Petrus rather than the English Peter to perpetuate the name of his ancestor, the Director General.
Inventory of Sir William’s (Johnson) estate lists seven large pictures with gilt frames valued at 18 pounds
FROM A READER
Should be in every art history library
FROM A COLLECTOR
A valuable resource
FROM A HISTORY BUFF
Fascinating stuff
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