Morgan, John Hill, 1870-1945

John Hill Morgan (1870-1945), an assistant professor and curator of American painting at Yale University, was considered an authority on early American art, most notably of portraits of George Washington. Among his publications are "The Life Portraits of George Washington and Their Replicas" (1931) which he co-wrote with Mantle Fielding, "Gilbert Stuart and His Pupils" (1939), and "Early American Painters" (1921), as well as other monographs and articles on artists such as John Watson, Joseph Blackburn, Saint-Mémin, Jeremiah Theus, and John Ramage. A member of the Governing Committee of Museums of the Brooklyn Museum of Art and a trustee of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and the New York Historical Society, Mr. Morgan also served as a New York State Legislator (1900-1903) and Bank of America director (1925-1932), and was a member of the New York law firm Rumsey & Morgan.