List of works by Joseph Blackburn

Joseph Blackburn was an English portrait painter who worked mainly in Bermuda and colonial America.

Artworks Year Title Image Dimensions Collection Comments1750Portrait of Mrs. Susannah Ulrich (?) (c. 1750), oil 43  × 33 in. (110.5 × 83.8 cm.) Subject: thought to be Mrs. Susannah Ulrich. IAP 809701411752Portrait of General Francis Jones (c. 1752), oil 50 × 40 in. (~127 × ~101.6 cm.) Subject: lived 1698–1776; Commander-In-Chief and Vice-Admiral of Bermuda Islands. IAP 71930563, IAP 80045392, and IAP 809700991752Portrait of Anne Jones, oil on canvas view 30  × 25 in. (~77.6 × ~65 cm.) Subject: lived 1748–1811. IAP 62642069, IAP 71930567 and IAP 809700981752Portrait of Captain John Pigott (c. 1752–1753), oil on canvas 50 × 40 in. (127 × 101.6 cm.) Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California Subject: husband of Frances (Fanny) Jones. IAP 71930564, IAP 80970102, and possibly IAP 809701031752Portrait of Mrs. John Pigott (c. 1752–1753), oil on canvas 50 × 40 in. (127 × 101.6 cm.) Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California Subject: Frances (Fanny) Jones. IAP 719305651752Portrait of Miss Gilbert (c. 1752–1753), oil 35 × 27  in. (88.9 × 69.9 cm.) IAP 809700931752Portrait of Mr. Gilbert (c. 1752–1753), oil 31 × 24 in. (78.7 × 61.0 cm.) IAP 809700941752Portrait of Mrs. Gilbert (c. 1752–1753), oil 31 × 26 in. (78.7 × 66.0 cm.) IAP 809700951752Portrait of Mrs. Fisher (c. 1752–1753), oil 36  × 28  in. (92.7 × 73.0 cm.) IAP 809700921752Portrait of Mrs. John Harvey (c. 1752), oil on canvas view 40  × 33  in. (102.5 × 84.7 cm.) University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona Subject: Esther Jones. IAP 62642068, IAP 71930566, and IAP 013500361752Portrait of Mrs. Henry Corbusier (c. 1752–1753), oil 47 × 38 in. (119.4 × 96.5 cm.) Subject: Elizabeth Butterfield. IAP 809700911752Portrait of Nathaniel Butterfield (c. 1752–1753), oil 29  × 24  in. (74.9 × 62.2 cm.) Subject: General Nathaniel Butterfield (1694–1765). IAP 809700901752Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Jones, oil 49 × 39 in. (124.5 × 99.1 cm.) Subject: Mary Harvey (1729–1747). IAP 80045391 and IAP 809701001752Portrait of Thomas Parsons (c. 1752–1753), oil 29 × 24 in. (73.7 × 61.0 cm.) IAP 809701011752Portrait of Thomas Tudor Tucker (c. 1752–1753), oil 19  × 12  in. oval (49.5 × 32.4 cm. oval) Subject: Thomas Tudor Tucker (1745–1828); Bermuda-born American physician and politician representing Charleston, South Carolina; served as Treasurer of the United States (1801–28). IAP 809701051752Portrait of William Hall (c. 1752–1753), oil 36 × 28 in. (91.4 × 71.1 cm.) Subject: husband of Patience Stowe. IAP 809700961752Portrait of Mrs. William Hall (c. 1752–1753), oil 36 × 28 in. (91.4 × 71.1 cm.) Subject: Patience Stowe. IAP 809700971752Portrait said to be of Sir William Phips (c. 1752–1760), oil 56 × 40 in. (142.2 × 101.6 cm.) IAP 809701151753Portrait of Colonel Henry Tucker (c. 1753), oil Subject: Col. Henry Tucker (1713–1787). IAP 809600721753Portrait of Mrs. Henry Tucker and Her Children, Elizabeth and Nathaniel, oil Subjects: Anne Butterfield (1722–1797); wife of Colonel Henry Tucker (1713–1787); Elizabeth Tucker (1747–1830); Nathaniel Tucker (1750–1807). IAP 809600711753Portrait of Gurdon Saltonstall (c. 1753–1763), oil on canvas view 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Connecticut Subject: Brigadier General Gurdon Saltonstall (1708–1785); son of colonial Connecticut Governor Gurdon Saltonstall (1666–1724) and Elizabeth Rosewell (1679–1710); husband of Rebecca Winthrop (1711–1776). IAP 073000201753Portrait of Miss Deborah Bascombe, oil 34 × 27  in. (86.4 × 69.9 cm.) Subject: lived 1715-after 1756. IAP 809700891753Portrait of Mrs. John Harvey (c. 1753), oil 36 × 28 in. (91.4 × 71.1 cm.) Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda Subject: Mary Lea. IAP 8A7200101754Portrait of Elizabeth Pelham Harrison -Redwood Library and Atheneum, Newport, Rhode Island -1754Portrait of Mrs. Alexander Grant, oil on canvas 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Subject: Abigail Chesebrough (1734–1807); daughter of David Chesebrough (1702–1782, eminent merchant in Newport) and Abigail Rogers (1706–1738); wife of Alexander Grant (1730–1783); stepdaughter of Mrs. Margaret (Sylvester) Chesebrough (1719–1782). IAP 80970110, IAP 60630138, IAP 70580108, and IAP 120003141754Portrait of Captain John Brown (c. 1754), oil on canvas 51 × 41 in. (129.5 × 104.1 cm.) Nightingale-Brown House, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Subject: Newport merchant (1696–1764); husband of Jane Lucas (1697–1775; m. 1717). IAP 809600191754Portrait of Mrs. John Brown (c. 1754), oil on canvas 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) Nightingale-Brown House, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Subject: Jane Lucas (1697–1775); wife of Captain John Brown (1696–1764; m. 1717; Newport merchant). IAP 809600201754Portrait of George Jaffrey (c. 1754), oil 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MissouriSubject: lived 1717–1803; husband of Lucy Winthrop (1721–1776). IAP 71481248 and IAP 800443181754Portrait of Mrs. George Jaffrey (c. 1754), oil 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.) Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, Missouri Subject: Lucy Winthrop (1721–1776); wife of George Jaffery (1717–1803). IAP 71481249 and IAP 800443191754Portrait of Mary Sylvester, oil on canvas, a pastoral portrait 49  × 40  in. (126.7 × 102.1 cm.) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Subject: lived 1725–1794 (b. Southold, Long Island); daughter of Brinley Sylvester (1690–1752) and Mary Burroughs (1702–1751); sister of Margaret (later Mrs. David Chesebrough) (1719–1782); later wife of Thomas Dering (1720–1785). IAP 361200121754Portrait of Mrs. David Chesebrough, oil on canvas 49  × 40  in. (126.7 × 101.9 cm.) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Subject: Margaret Sylvester (1719–1782); daughter of Brinley Sylvester (1690–1752) and Mary Burroughs (1702–1751); sister of Mary Sylvester (1725–1794); wife of David Chesebrough (1703–1782, eminent merchant in Newport); stepmother of Abigail Chesebrough (1734–1807). IAP 361200111754Portrait of Thomas Cranston (c. 1754–1755), oil view 48  × 39 in. (123.2 × 99.1 cm.) John Brown House Museum, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, Rhode Island Subject: lived 1710–1785. IAP 475100541755Portrait of Andrew Faneuil Phillips, oil on canvas 50  × 40  in. (127.9 × 102.2 cm.) Smith College Museum of Art, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts Subject: lived 1729–1775; son of Gillam Phillips (1695–1770) and Mary Faneuil (1708–1780). IAP 22280220 and IAP 809600521755Portrait of Andrew Oliver Jr., oil on canvas view 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) Subject: lived 1731–1799; son of Massachusetts lieutenant governor Andrew Oliver (1706–1774); husband of Mary Lynde (1733–1807; m. 1752); elected to American Philosophical Society in 1773. IAP 809600471755Portrait of Mrs. Andrew Oliver Jr., oil on canvas view 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) Subject: Mary Lynde (1733–1807); wife of Andrew Oliver (1731–1799; m. 1752). IAP 809600481755Portrait of Colonel Benjamin Pollard (c. 1755), oil on canvas 33  × 25  in. (85.1 × 64.8 cm.) (sometimes listed as copy after John Smibert's original of 1730) Subject: lived 1696–1756; husband of Margaret Winslow (1724–1814); served as fourth sergeant Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts (beginning in 1726); served as sheriff of Suffolk County (c. 1743 – 1756). IAP 61510786, IAP 80960058, and IAP 821106031755Portrait of Chambers Russell (c. 1755), oil Subject: lived 1713–1767. IAP 809600601755Portrait of Mrs. Chambers Russell (c. 1755), oil 48  × 36  in. (123.2 × 92.7 cm.) Subject: lived 1716–1762; wife of Chambers Russell (1713–1767). IAP 80960061 and possibly IAP 204400781755Portrait of Gillam Phillips, oil on canvas 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) Smith College Museum of Art, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts Subject: lived 1695–1770; husband of Mary Faneuil (1708–1780); father of Andrew Faneuil Phillips (1729–1775) and Ann Faneuil Phillips (1736- c. 1770). IAP 809600531755Portrait of Mrs. Gillam Phillips, oil on canvas 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) Smith College Museum of Art, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts Subject: Marie Faneuil (1708–1780); wife of Gillam Phillips (1695–1770); mother of Andrew Faneuil Phillips (1729–1775) and Ann Faneuil Phillips (1736- c. 1770). IAP 809600541755Portrait of Isaac Winslow and His Family, oil on canvas, one of the earliest group portraits painted in Colonial America 54  × 79  in. (138.4 × 201.3 cm.) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts Subjects: Isaac Winslow (1707–1777; one of Boston’s mercantile elite); his wife, Lucy Waldo (1724–1768; m. 1747); elder daughter, Lucy Winslow (1749–1770); child in mother's lap, Hannah Winslow (1755–1819). Setting: Scenery of idealized garden with swan pond behind elder daughter alludes to family’s prosperity. IAP 85520007 and IAP 821109401755Portrait of James Otis, Jr., oil 28  × 23  in. (72.7 × 59.7 cm.) [also reported as 29  × 25  in. (74.9 × 64.8 cm.)] Subject: James Otis Jr. (1725–1783); lawyer in colonial Massachusetts; son of James Otis Sr., (1702–1778); prominent lawyer in colonial Massachusetts) and Mary Allyne; husband of Ruth Cunningham (1728–1789; daughter of prominent Boston merchant; m. 1755); father of three children (James, Elizabeth, and Mary). IAP 81880451 and IAP 809600491755Portrait of Mrs. James Otis (c. 1755), oil 28  × 23  in. (73.4 × 59.7 cm.) Subject: Ruth Cunningham (1728–1789); daughter of prominenet Boston merchant; wife of James Otis Jr. (1725–1783; lawyer in colonial Massachusetts; m. 1755); mother of three children (James, Elizabeth, and Mary). IAP 809600501755Portrait of John Erving, Jr., oil view 49  × 39  in. (125.1 × 99.7 cm.) Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut Subject: lived 1728–1816; husband of Maria Catherine Shirley (1729–1816). IAP 809600321755Portrait of Mrs. John Erving, Jr., oil view 49 × 38  in. (124.5 × 98.7 cm.) Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut Subject: Maria Catherine Shirley (1729–1816); youngest daughter of William Shirley (1694–1771; colonial governor of Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1741–49 and 1753–56; Governor of the Bahamas in the 1760s) and Frances Barker (died 1746; Lady Frances Shirley); wife of John Erving Jr. (1728–1816). IAP 809600331755Portrait of Miss Ann Phillips, oil on canvas 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) Smith College Museum of Art, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts Subject: Ann Faneuil Phillips (1736- c. 1770); daughter of Gillam Phillips (1695–1770) and Mary Faneuil (1708–1780). IAP 809600511755Portrait of Mrs. Epes Sargent (c. 1775), oil 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) Subject: Catharine Winthrop/Katherine Winthrop Browne (1711–1781). IAP 809701161755Portrait of Mrs. George Bethune, oil on cavas 50 × 40  in. (127.0 × 102.2 cm.) Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield Subject: Mary Faneuil (1734–1797); daughter of Benjamin Faneuil (one of first paper manufacturers in Massachusetts); niece of Peter Faneuil (provided funds for Boston's public market and meeting house); wife of George Bethune (m. 1754, Boston); mother of George, Susan (Mrs. Edmond Dunkin), Penelope (Mrs. English), Jane (Mrs. William Hunt), and Ann (Mrs. Lovell). IAP 22930027 1755Portrait of Mrs. Louis Boucher (c. 1755), oil 50 × 40 in. (127.0 × 101.6 cm.) Subject: Sarah Middlecott. IAP 809701091755Portrait of Mrs. Samuel Curwen, oil 29 × 24 in. (73.7 × 61.0 cm.) Subject: Abigail Russell (1725–1793); wife of Samuel Curwen (1715–1802; m. 1750). IAP 809600271755Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Flucker (c. 1755), oil on canvas view 50  × 40  in. (127.6 × 101.9 cm.) Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine Subject: Hannah Waldo (1726–1785); wife of Thomas Flucker (1719–1783; m. 1750); sister of Lucy Waldo (1724–1768). IAP 178600121755Portrait of Reverend Daniel Greenleaf, oil on canvas view 29  × 25  in. (75.9 × 64.1 cm.) Harvard Art Museums, Harvard University