Christian Gullager

Christian Gullager (1759–1826) was an artist specializing in portraits and theatrical scenery in the late 18th century; he worked in Boston, Massachusetts,^[1] New York, and Philadelphia. Born in Copenhagen, he trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In America, portrait subjects included president George Washington.^[2] He designed scenery for Boston's Federal Street Theatre.^[3][4]

Gullager created portraits of:

Portrait of John May, 1789 (American Antiquarian Society)

• Joseph Ball
• Captain Offin Boardman, about 1787^[5]
• Benjamin Greenleaf Boardman, about 1787^[5]
• Sarah Greenleaf Boardman (Mrs. Offin Boardman) ca.1787^[5]
• Reverend Eli Forbes
• John May (1748–1812), 1789^[6]
• David Plumer
• Mary Sargent Plumer (Mrs. David Plumer)
• Elizabeth Sewall Salisbury (Mrs. Samuel Salisbury), 1789^[5]
• Martha Saunders Salisbury (Mrs. Nicholas Salisbury), 1789^[5]
• Stephen Salisbury, 1789^[5]
• Daniel Waldo (1724–1808), 1789^[5]
• Rebecca Salisbury Waldo (Mrs. Daniel Waldo), 1789^[5]
• George Washington, 1789^[5]
• Abigail Leonard West (1796–1879), c. 1796^[6]
• David West, Jr. (1790–1825), c. 1796^[6]
• David West, Sr. (1765–1810), c. 1796^[6]
• Jeremiah Williams, ca.1780^[7]
• Mathilda Davis Williams, ca.1791^[7]

Image gallery

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  George Washington, 1789

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  Elizabeth Sewall Salisbury (Mrs. Samuel Salisbury), 1789 (Worcester Art Museum)

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  Design by Gullager for the Massachusetts Magazine; engraving by Samuel Hill, ca.1790

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  Mathilda Davis Williams, ca.1791 (Smithsonian)

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  Advertisement for Gullager's "drawing academy," "at his house on Tremont Hill," Boston, 1792

References

1. ^ Boston Directory, 1789
2. ^ Herald of Freedom, Nov. 11, 1789
3. ^ Polar Star (Boston), Jan. 25, 1797
4. ^ Philadelphia Gazette, June 17, 1796
5. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Worcester Art Museum. Christian Gullager (1759–1826). Retrieved 2010-07
6. ^ ^{a b c d} American Antiquarian Society. Portraits at the American Antiquarian Society. Retrieved 2010-07
7. ^ ^{a b} Smithsonian American Art Museum. Gullager. Retrieved 2010-07

Further reading

• Christian Gullager, 1759–1826, Worcester Art Museum, June 18–September 6, 1949.
• Christian Gullager: Portrait Painter to Federal America, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., April 23–September 20, 1976.

External links

• Historic New England. Gullager's portrait of Reverend Eli Forbes.

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Name	Gullager, Christian
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Date of birth	1759
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Date of death	1826
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