Portrait of Samuel Alfred McClung
Object number2013.119.3
Artist
Maurice Ingres
Framed by
J.J. Gillespie & Company
Date1906
MediumCanvas, oil paint, wood
Credit LineGift of Samuel A. McClung III
DescriptionOil painting on canvas depicting portrait of a Caucasian man with a red background. Man has with white hair and mustache, wearing a black suit jacket, white high-collared shirt, and a black bowtie with a spotted red design. Portrait is not framed.Dimensions30.25 x 24.25 x 1 in. (76.8 x 61.6 x 2.5 cm)SignedSignature painted at top left "Maurice Ingres 7".
InscriptionsWritten along the right side in black marker on the back reads: "JUDGE SAMUEL ALFRED McCLUNG / MAR. 2, 1845 -- NOVEMBER 15, 1915 / MY GRANDFATHER - S.A.McC. III-10-13-75"
MarksLabel on the back at top center reads: "J.J.Gillespie / COMPANY / FINE ART / GALLERIES / PAINTINGS / ETCHINGS / MEZZOTINTS / ENGLISH / ANTIQUES / FOUNDED 1832 / 11TH FLOOR KAVFMANN BLDG. / PITTSBVRGH".
Historical NotesJudge Samuel A. McClung and Fannie Merritt McClung were prominent members of Pittsburgh society. The Judge grew up in Western Pennsylvania and gained his reputation as a jurist early in his twenty-year tenure. The year after his appointment in May 1891 to the Third Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, he presided over the trial of Alexander Berkman. His wife Fannie McClung grew up in Cherry Valley, New York where the McClungs had a summer home. The Judge passed away in 1915. Judge McClung and his wife Fannie Merritt McClung were painted by Maurice Ingres, a French artist who was commissioned in 1908 to paint the judges of Westmoreland County for the courthouse as well as wall and ceiling murals. Samuel and Fannie’s eldest daughter Isabella had a life-long friendship with Pulitzer Prize winning author Willa Cather, who lived with the McClung’s in their Pittsburgh home for many years. Donor Samuel A. McClung III is a descendent of the Mellon’s as well as the McClungs.
Related person
Samuel Alfred McClung
(1845 - 1915)
Related person
Fannie Merritt McClung
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