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Post by Wade Dillon on Nov 18, 2012 0:48:02 GMT -5
Hey gang, I recently found it by accident on a friend's tumblr account. I've never seen it and am not aware as to whether or not yall have, either. This is a daguerreotype of John Gadsby Chapman, the artist who painted Crockett's portrait in 1834. The Chapman portrait is now on display inside of the Alamo. According to this website, this may be the only image known to exist of Chapman and is currently for sale for $6,000 large ones. www.goantiques.com/daguerreotype-of-artist-2517351Thoughts? All the best, Wade
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Post by TRK on Nov 18, 2012 9:33:05 GMT -5
Nice find, Wade. I can't vouch for its authenticity as a portrait of Chapman but am confident that the daguerreotype is very early, i.e. circa 1839-1840, maybe slightly later.
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Post by Jim Boylston on Nov 18, 2012 11:09:02 GMT -5
Nice find, Wade. I can't vouch for its authenticity as a portrait of Chapman but am confident that the daguerreotype is very early, i.e. circa 1839-1840, maybe slightly later. Chapman was born in 1808, so the subject of the dag appears to be the right age. I'd love to see the provenance on the piece. Nice find, Wade. Here's a link to a possible self portrait of Chapman, for comparison: totallyfreeimages.com/510053/John-Gadsby-Chapman-%28Self-Portrait%29Jim
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Post by Allen Wiener on Nov 18, 2012 18:32:49 GMT -5
Good one, Wade. I think the two portraits look enough alike to be the same guy.
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Post by Wade Dillon on Nov 19, 2012 0:24:32 GMT -5
Thanks guys. I was absolutely thrilled when I saw it. Putting faces to the men of the times brings me so much closer to the stories we love.
Allen, I agree. Many similarities in the facial features. Hairline. Eyes and mouth. I am hoping that the daguerreotype is, indeed, legit and am hoping more comes to light. I may have to do some digging.
To my understanding, Chapman was 26 at the time he painted Crockett's portrait in 1834. This daguerreotype would put him in his 30s, depending on when the image is dated in the 1840s.
All the best, Wade
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Post by TRK on Nov 19, 2012 10:00:11 GMT -5
John Gadsby Chapman was the father of the perhaps better known artist Conrad Wise Chapman, noted among other things for his sketches and paintings of the Civil War. Ben Bassham wrote an excellent, heavily illustrated biography, "Conrad Wise Chapman: Artist & Soldier of the Confederacy," (currently available bargain priced at amazon.com) with plenty of coverage of John Gadsby Chapman.
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Post by Paul Sylvain on Nov 19, 2012 18:44:45 GMT -5
Definitely a nice find, Wade. It's amazing how folks like you continue to help connect the dots.
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Post by Wade Dillon on Nov 21, 2012 14:49:46 GMT -5
Tom,
Thanks for the heads up. I just may have to check it out!
And Paul, thank you. It all just brings the story together.
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Post by sloanrodgers on Dec 23, 2012 0:41:11 GMT -5
Definitely a nice find, Wade. It's amazing how folks like you continue to help connect the dots. I second that. I didn't even know the photo existed. I found a couple small obits for Chapman. It's sad that once noted people were hardly lamented on their deaths.
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Post by antiqphoto on Nov 2, 2015 13:53:27 GMT -5
The daguerreotype of John Gadsby Chapman is in my collection. I would be interested if anyone can identify the painting, presumably by Chapman, that is behind him in this image. He is an important artist who actually made money in his lifetime, but there seems to be a dearth of information about him.
Tony Davis
antiqphoto
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Post by TRK on Nov 4, 2015 9:54:11 GMT -5
Tony, is the image as shown above laterally reversed? I've tried searching on the Internet for the painting in the background, looking at it both ways, but have come up with nothing. Chapman painted some scenes along the Hudson River around 1840, and this may well be one of them.
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