Hugh Henry Brackenridge, c. 1810

1805-1815

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Hugh Henry Brackenridge, c. 1810
  • Title
  • Hugh Henry Brackenridge, c. 1810
  • Creator
  • Stuart, Gilbert
  • Date
  • 1805-1815
  • Identifier
  • 20130814-hpicasc-0011
  • Description
  • Founder, 1787-1798. Brackenridge was born in Scotland in 1748. His family immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1753. On February 28, 1787, the assembly passed his bill founding the Pittsburgh Academy, which over time would evolve into Western University of Pennsylvania and then the University of Pittsburgh. In 1799, Brackenridge’s appointment as judge of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court forced him to relocate to Carlisle, Pa., where he died in 1816. The artist of the founder’s portrait, Gilbert Stuart, is one of the most important portrait painters of colonial America and the early republic. Stuart produced thousands of portraits during his long career. Among his sitters were the first six presidents of the United States.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • paintings (visual works)
    oil paintings (visual works)
    portraits
  • Subject
  • College presidents
  • Source
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
  • Rights Information
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