American Art Portrait of Colonel John Nixon, after Gilbert Stuart Made in United States, North and Central Americac. 1800 Edward Greene Malbone, American, 1777 - 1807 Watercolor on ivory Currently not on view F1920-1-1 Bequest of Elizabeth Ellen Keating, 1920 |
LabelColonel Nixon was a Revolutionary patriot and a prominent Philadelphia merchant and financier. He is said to have been the first public proclaimer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. |
