1816
oil
canvas
From the collection of Brooklyn Museum
Dominant colour
Portrait of John Adams is a 1816 oil by Samuel F. B. Morse, a American Folk Art work, held at Brooklyn Museum.
The painting is a portrait of an older man with white hair, wearing a dark jacket over a white shirt. He is seated and faces the viewer directly. The subject's expression is serious, and his gaze is steady. The background of the painting is a muted color, which helps to focus attention on the subject. This portrait is reminiscent of the work of Samuel Finley Breese Morse.
Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born on April 27, 1791, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Reverend Jedidiah Morse, a Congregationalist pastor and author of early American geography textbooks, and Elizabeth Ann Breese Morse.
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