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Jane Cocking Glover

Jane Cocking Glover
Artist
Pietro Bonanni, 26 Nov 1789 - 15 Jun 1821
Sitter
Jane Cocking Glover, 14 Jun 1789 - 15 Sep 1876
Date
1821
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Stretcher: 75.6 × 62.9 cm (29 3/4 × 24 3/4")
Frame: 92.4 × 80.3 × 5.7 cm (36 3/8 × 31 5/8 × 2 1/4")
Sight: 72.7 × 61 cm (28 5/8 × 24")
Topic
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Nature & Environment\Plant
Interior\Interior with Exterior View
Costume\Outerwear\Shawl
Architecture\Column
Nature & Environment\Water\River
Jane Cocking Glover: Female
Portrait
Place
United States\District of Columbia\Washington
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of Mrs. Nancy E. Symington and Mr. Charles C. Glover III) The Corcoran Gallery of Art, one of the country’s first private museums, was established in 1869 to promote art and American genius. In 2014 the Works from the Corcoran Collection were distributed to institutions in Washington, D.C.
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
S/NPG.2019.29
Exhibition Label
Born Lincolnshire, England
Jane Cocking Glover and her family contributed to the early development of Washington, D.C. In 1813, eight years after immigrating to the United States from England, she married Charles Carroll Glover, a prominent attorney and civic leader who was an early advocate of D.C. voting rights. The Glovers acquired extensive real estate and a residence on 10th Street, NW (the site of the present-day FBI headquarters), where enslaved servants attended to their needs. As evidence of their wealth and social stature, they commissioned this portrait by the Italian artist Pietro Bonanni, whose murals adorned the U.S. Capitol.
Glover initiated a momentous chain of events by insisting that her North Carolinian grandson be raised in Washington. As an adult, Charles Carroll Glover Jr. became the driving force behind many of the capital’s defining features, including the National Cathedral, the National Zoo, Rock Creek Park, Embassy Row, and the Glover Park neighborhood.
Nacida en Lincolnshire, Inglaterra
Jane Cocking Glover y su familia contribuyeron al desarrollo temprano de Washington D.C. En 1813, ocho años después de inmigrar a Estados Unidos desde Inglaterra, la joven se casó con Charles Carroll Glover, notable abogado, líder cívico y defensor pionero del derecho al voto en el Distrito de Columbia. Los Glover adquirieron extensos bienes raíces y una residencia en la Calle 10 Noroeste (actual sede del FBI), donde tenían sirvientes esclavizados. Para mostrar su riqueza y estatus social, encargaron este retrato al artista italiano Pietro Bonanni, cuyos murales adornan el Capitolio.
Glover inició una crucial serie de sucesos al insistir en que su nieto de Carolina del Norte se criara en Washington. Ya adulto, Charles Carroll Glover Jr. impulsó la construcción de muchos lugares distintivos de la capital, entre ellos la Catedral Nacional, el Zoológico Nacional, el Parque de Rock Creek, Embassy Row y el vecindario de Glover Park.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Exhibition
Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900
On View
NPG, East Gallery 136