AFA 18th Anniversary

18th Anniversary 118 www.afamag.com | w ww.incollect.com The striking unity of this large and complex family portrait speaks to the talent of Jefferson Gauntt, an artist with academic aspirations. Despite his formal training, Gauntt’s composition exhibits a slight awkwardness in execution, but that does not diminish the warmth and appeal of the Jennison children and their pet birds. The subjects were the eight offspring of Marie Antoinette and of William Jennison, a prosperous merchant who took his family from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Brooklyn, New York, by 1832. Jefferson Gauntt (1805–1864) Portrait of the Jennison Children, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1836 Oil on canvas, 63 x 68¾ in. Gift of John Newsome Jr. (2016-118)