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John Vaughan
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About this work
Ferdinand Pettrich modeled this piece of the philanthropist John Vaughan in Philadelphia in 1842. A wealthy wine merchant and patron of the arts and sciences, Vaughan was well known in Philadelphia society during the early nineteenth century and may have been a patron of the artist’s during his first years in America.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineJohn Vaughan. 1842. Ferdinand Pettrich, born Dresden, Germany 1798-died Rome, Italy 1872. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jacob Snider, Jr.. CC0.
