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John Vanderlyn Born Kingston,
N.Y., October 15, 1775.
Died Kingston, N.Y., September 24, 1852.
Sampson Vryling Stoddard Wilder,
about 1808–121
Oil on canvas
36 3/8 x 28 7/8 in. (92.4 x 73.3 cm)
Gift of Lawrence Alan Haines in memory of his father, Wilder Haydn Haines, 1981.331
Provenance
The sitter, Sampson V. S. Wilder (1780–1865); to his wife, Electa Barrell Wilder (1797–1878); to her daughter Francina Eglée Wilder Haines (1819–1886); to her son Edward Wilder Haines (1845–1911); to his son, Wilder Haydn Haines (1893–1980); to his son Lawrence Alan Haines, who donated the portrait to the Worcester Art Museum.

Samuel Lovett Waldo
Born Windham, Conn., April 6, 1783.
Died New York City, February 16, 1861.
Electa Barrell Wilder (Mrs. Sampson Wilder), about 18231
Oil on canvas
35 13/16 x 28 in. (91 x 71.1 cm)
Gift of Lawrence Alan Haines in memory of his father, Wilder Haydn Haines, 1981.332
Provenance
The sitter, Electa Barrell Wilder (1797–1878) and her husband Sampson V. S. Wilder (1780–1865). By descent in the family to her great-granddaughter Rosalie V. Halsey, by 1917; her cousin’s widow Mrs. Edward Wilder Haines; to her son Wilder Haydn Haines (1893–1980); to his son Lawrence Alan Haines, who donated the portrait to the Worcester Art Museum.
Notes
1. This painting has also been published as Electa Barrell Wilder (Strickler 1981–82a, 41); Mrs. Sampson V. S. Wilder (Brooklyn Institute 1917, 117); and Portrait of Electa Barrell (Barrell 1915, 150). It has been dated 1817 (Strickler 1981–82a, 41); about 1825 (Barrell 1915, 151); and about 1840 (Brooklyn Institute 1917, 117).


But by 1760, the Portsmouth tax collector counted him as a resident and classified him as a "limner." 11 Blackburn’s stay in Portsmouth yields another piece of the scant documentary evidence from his career—a manuscript receipt for Mrs. Nathaniel Barrell (Sarah Sayward) (1761, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Boston, on view at the Sayward Mansion, York, New Hampshire). The receipt is signed by Blackburn and records the following payment: "Portsmo. July 12, 1762 Receiv’d of Jono Sayword Esq. by the hands of Joseph Barrell, Ten Guineas in-full his Daughters Picture" 12 This document fixes Blackburn’s price for a three-quarter-length portrait at ten guineas, compared to Copley’s fees in 1764 of eight guineas sterling.13 Although Copley was taking over Blackburn’s place as the preeminent portraitist in New England, Blackburn still commanded the higher fees.

Barrell 1915

Genealogy of the Barrell Family. Notes arranged by Joseph Barrell, New Haven, Conn., 1915. Unpublished manuscript, Worcester Art Museum, curatorial files.
Barrell 1995
Barrell, Joseph, et al. Historic Background of the Barrell Family. . . ed. by Nan McMillin Barrell. Hamden, Conn.: Nan McMillin Barrell, 1995.