Notes on the colors and arrangement of Gilbert Stuart's palette, circa 1850.

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Title: Notes on the colors and arrangement of Gilbert Stuart's palette, circa 1850.
Creator: Jocelyn, Nathaniel, 1796-1881
Contributor: Allston, Washington,--1779-1843
Jocelyn, Nathaniel,--1796-1881
Knollenberg, Bernhard,--1892-1973
Morgan, John Hill,--1870-1945
Stuart, Gilbert,--1755-1828
Published / Created: circa 1850
Abstract: Nathaniel Jocelyn's autograph manuscript description of the mahogany palette used by the American portrait painter Gilbert Stuart based on Jocelyn's visit with Stuart in August 1823. The description includes a list of the colors used by Stuart, notes on Stuart's techniques for portraying hair and skin tones, and diagrams for comparing the palettes of Stuart and the painter Washington Allston; Jocelyn also records Allston's comments on Stuart's palette.
Description: Accompanied by a typed letter, signed (October 13, 1939), from John Hill Morgan to Yale University librarian Bernard Knollenberg giving the provenance of the manuscript.
Caption title: Stewart's Pallet August 1823.
Gift of John Hill Morgan, 1939.
In English.
Nathaniel Jocelyn (1796-1881), American painter and engraver, born and died in New Haven, Connecticut.
Extent: 1 item (4 p.) ; 21 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: mixed material
Genre: Drawings--United States--19th century
Subject (Name): Allston, Washington,--1779-1843
Jocelyn, Nathaniel,--1796-1881
Knollenberg, Bernhard,--1892-1973
Morgan, John Hill,--1870-1945
Stuart, Gilbert,--1755-1828
Subject (Topic): Art, American--19th century
Artists--United States
Portrait painting, American

Access: Public
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Citation: Nathaniel Jocelyn, Notes on the Colors and Arrangement of Gilbert Stuart's Palette. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Orbis Record: 11955113
Object ID (OID): 15511916
More Information: http://beinecke1.library.yale.edu/pdf/GEN_MSS_FILE_549.pdf