John Wesley Jarvis James Fenimore Cooper Painting ID:: 72955 new24/John Wesley Jarvis-686742.jpg
James Fenimore Cooper "James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), Class of 1806," oil on canvas, by the American painter John Wesley Jarvis. 30 1/8 in. x 25 in. Yale University Art Gallery, gift of Edward Stephen Harkness, B.A. 1897, M.A. (Hon.) 1925. Courtesy of Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
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John Wesley Jarvis Lafitte Brothers in Dominique Yous Bar Painting ID:: 84243 new25/John Wesley Jarvis-775474.jpg
Lafitte Brothers in Dominique Yous Bar Oil on wood panel, c. 1821, attributed to John Wesley Jarvis
Date ca. 1821(1821)
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John Wesley Jarvis Thomas Paine John Wesley Jarvis Painting ID:: 90576 new25/John Wesley Jarvis-966376.jpg
Thomas Paine John Wesley Jarvis Oil on canvas, c. 1805
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John Wesley Jarvis The Lafitte Brothers in Dominique Yous Bar Painting ID:: 96268 new26/John Wesley Jarvis-988875.jpg
The Lafitte Brothers in Dominique Yous Bar Oil on wood panel, c. 1821
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(1781 - January 14, 1839), American painter, nephew of Methodist leader John Wesley, was born at South Shields, England, and was taken to the United States at the age of five.
He was one of the earliest American painters to give serious attention to the study of anatomy. He lived at first in Philadelphia, afterwards establishing himself in New York City, where he enjoyed great popularity, though his conviviality and eccentric mode of life affected his work. He visited Baltimore, Charleston, and New Orleans, entertaining much and painting portraits of prominent people, particularly in New Orleans, where General Andrew Jackson was one of his sitters. He had for assistants at different times both Thomas Sully and Henry Inman. He affected singularity in dress and manners, and his mots were the talk of the day. But his work deteriorated, and he died in great poverty in New York City.