Jonathan Dwight

Joseph Steward

ca. 1790 · Oil on canvas · The American Wing

Jonathan Dwight (1743–1831) was the great-grandson of the esteemed Connecticut clergyman Jonathan Edwards. Steward’s rather unusual portrait provides a clear view of Dwight’s hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts, in the background and a striking marker of the sitter’s appearance: a large, hairy mole on his left cheek.

Artist

Joseph Steward

Date

ca. 1790

Medium

Oil on canvas

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Barbara Mercer Adam and Charlotte Adam Coate, 1961