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English:
Official portrait of Thomas Chittenden, leader and founder of the
Vermont Republic
and later the first Governor of the State of
Vermont
. No contemporary likeness of his image is known to exist; this portrait may have been drawn sometime after 1847 by Vermont artist B.F. Mason, who was hired by the state to copy an image of Chittenden as well as
Ethan Allen
, in the event such an "authentic likeness" could be obtained.
[1]
In the portrait's source material, credit is given to his 2nd-great-grandson the Hon.
Lucius E. Chittenden
of New York City, and one David Read of Burlington, VT.
[2]
There are a number of rumors as to the origins of the portrait, with some stating the image was made from descriptions of Chittenden's children, whereas others believe one of Chittenden's grandsons served as its model.
[3]
[4]
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Source | Records of the Governor and Council of Vermont | |||||||
Author | Simtropolitan | |||||||
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Color corrected, cropped
References
- ↑ (1847) The Acts and Resolves Passed by the Legislature of the State of Vermont at the October Session, 1847 , Burlington : Chauncey Goodrich, p. 37 "No. 57.—Resolution Relative to the Procurement of Likenesses of Ethan Allen and Thos. Chittenden"
- ↑ (1873) Records of the Council of Safety and Governor and Council of the State of Vermont, to which are prefixed the records of the General Convention from July 1775 to December 1777 , I, Montpelier: Steam Press of J. & J. M. Poland, p. vi "Special acknowledgements are due to Hon. David Read of Burlington, and Hon. Lucius E. Chittenden of New York city [sic], for their labors in securing the portrait of Gov. Thomas Chittenden..."
- ↑ ( 10 January 2013 ). "Celebrating Williston's 250th Anniversary: The Thomas Chittenden Connection". Williston Observer . "...no portrait of Chittenden was commissioned during his lifetime. His official state portrait was drawn after his death, based on descriptions from his children."
- ↑ Hoppe, Theodore A. ( 18 December 2010 ). CHANGES: Governor Douglas Portrait Unveiled at Vermont Statehouse . Vermont Art Zine . Blogspot. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012 . Retrieved on 11 August 2015 . "Legend has it that no likeness of Vermont's first governor, Thomas Chittenden, was available to the artist, so he worked from a sketch of the governor’s grandson, who, it was assumed, bore a likeness to his grandfather."