Artist:
Henry Inman
(American, 1801 - 1846)
Sitter:
Horace Binney
Horace Binney
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1830-1840
Dimensions:
35 7/8 × 28 1/2 in. (91.1 × 72.4 cm)
Accession number: 2005.4.5
Curatorial RemarksHorace Binney was a celebrated Pennsylvania jurist who was admitted to the bar of Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas and subsequently the bar of the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court. He served in Congress from 1833 to 1835. In 1843, he made a successful argument before the Supreme Court of the United States that a bequest of Stephen Girard to the City of Philadelphia was legally binding. The decision liberalized law concerning charitable bequests. For thirty years Horace Binney was the acknowledged leader of the Pennsylvania bar, and, in the latter part of his life, he became the Chancellor of the Law Association of Philadelphia.
Born in Utica, New York, Henry Inman was a leading American portraitist. Early in his career he apprenticed with the painter John Wesley Jarvis and then established his own studio. In 1831, Inman moved to Philadelphia, where he joined the lithographic firm of Cephas G. Childs, which reproduced many of his portraits. In his later years, he traveled to England to fulfill portrait commissions. Inman died in New York City in 1846.
Born in Utica, New York, Henry Inman was a leading American portraitist. Early in his career he apprenticed with the painter John Wesley Jarvis and then established his own studio. In 1831, Inman moved to Philadelphia, where he joined the lithographic firm of Cephas G. Childs, which reproduced many of his portraits. In his later years, he traveled to England to fulfill portrait commissions. Inman died in New York City in 1846.