Peter PelhamEnglish, 1697–1751Cotton Mather (1663- 1728)
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Where is “Cotton Mather (1663- 1728)” now? Collection: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. Whether it is on view today is unknown.
New Haven, United States
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Newly arrived in the colonies in 1727, Peter Pelham asked the venerable Congregational minister Cotton Mather to sit for the engraver’s first mezzotint portrait to be made on American soil—evidence of Pelham’s business acumen and his eagerness to establish a reputation in this country. Mather—a prolific writer, scholar, and minister of the Second Church in Boston—was perhaps the most celebrated of all New England Puritans. Though Mather posed for Pelham’s painted study, the minister would not live to see the final mezzotint; he died in Boston in February of 1728, four months before the print’s publication.
Yale University Art Gallery
Details
- Accession number
- 1946.9.200
In the catalog
Sources
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Image: Yale University Art Gallery — Image: Yale University Art Gallery
