Dennis Malone Carter

{{Short description|Irish-American painter}} {{Infobox artist | name = Dennis Malone Carter | image = Decatur Boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = ''Decatur Boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat'' by Dennis Malone Carter | birth_name = | other_names = | birth_date = c. 1820 | birth_place = [[Ireland]] | death_date = July 6, 1881 | death_place = [[New York City]] | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | known_for = [[Painting]] | training = | movement = | notable_works = ''Decatur Boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat'' | patrons = | awards = | elected = | spouse = | website = }}

'''Dennis Malone Carter''' (c. 1820 - 1881) was an Irish-American painter. Carter's birth date is variously listed as 1818, 1820, and 1827. Born in Ireland, he immigrated to the [[United States]] with his parents in 1839.<ref name="Conzelman2002">{{cite book|last=Conzelman|first=Adrienne Ruger|title=After the Hunt: The Art Collection of William B. Ruger|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HZHLHn2F1R0C&pg=PA40|year=2002|publisher=Stackpole Books|isbn=978-0-8117-0037-5|page=40|chapter=Dennis Malone Carter}}</ref> He settled in [[New York City]], painting portraits and historical settings, where he died in July 1881.<ref name="smith">{{cite web | title=Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center | url=http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?view=&dsort=&date.slider=&q=Dennis+Malone+Carter&tag.cstype=all | publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]], [[Washington, D.C.]] }}</ref><ref name="Fielding1986">{{cite book|author=Mantle Fielding|title=Mantle Fielding's dictionary of American painters, sculptors and engravers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CjtjQgAACAAJ|accessdate=21 June 2013|date=1 January 1986|publisher=Apollo Book|isbn=978-0-938290-04-9}}</ref> He is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.

==Artworks== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" width="50" | Year ! scope="col" width="150" | Title ! scope="col" width="200" | Image ! scope="col" width="50" ! data-sort-type = "number" | Dimension ! scope="col" width="125" | Collection ! scope="col" | Comments |- valign="top" |1852||''Intrusion on the Realm of the Forest'', oil on canvas || ||39 × 49½ in. (99 × 125.73 cm.) ||The collection of [[William B. Ruger]] ||Subject: A group of Native Americans at the base of a wooded hill.<ref name="Conzelman2002" /> |- valign="top" |1854||''Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth'', oil || || ||Fraunces Tavern Museum, New York || Subject: [[Molly Pitcher]] loading a cannon at the [[Battle of Monmouth]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]], 1778.<ref name="Pauw2014">{{cite book|last=Grant De Pauw|first=Linda|author-link=Linda Grant DePauw|title=Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women in War from Prehistory to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=33MBBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA172-IA8|date=11 July 2014|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-7074-9|page=172}}</ref> |- valign="top" |1856||''Molly Pitcher Being Presented to George Washington'', oil || || || Monmouth County Historical Association, Freehold, New Jersey || Subject: Molly Pitcher presented to [[George Washington]] in commendation for her actions at the Battle of Monmouth.<ref name="Pauw2014" /><ref name="Mitnick2005">{{cite book|last=Mitnick|first=Barbara J.|title=New Jersey in the American Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TCoVbmCQUl4C&pg=PA68|year=2005|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-3602-6|page=68}}</ref> |- valign="top" |1856||''The Battle of New Orleans'' ||[[File:Battle of New Orleans by Dennis Malone Carter, 1856.jpg|200px]] ||19 × 25{{frac|1|16}} in. (48.26 × 63.66 cm.) ||[[The Historic New Orleans Collection]], The L. Kemper and Leila Moore Williams Founders Collection ||Subject: [[Andrew Jackson]] leading the American defense against the British at the [[Battle of New Orleans]], January 8, 1815.<ref name="HickeyClark2015">{{cite book|last1=Hickey|first1=Donald R.|last2=Clark|first2=Connie D.|title=The Routledge Handbook of the War of 1812|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjyvCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA112|date=8 October 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-70198-9|page=112}}</ref> |- valign="top" |1866||''Lincoln's Drive Through Richmond'' ||[[File:Lincoln's Drive through Richmond by Dennis Malone Carter 1866.jpg|200px]] || ||[[Chicago History Museum]] ||Subject: A crowd, mostly white, saluting [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s carriage as it passes through [[Richmond, Virginia]]<ref name="HolzerGabbard2015">{{cite book|last1=Holzer|first1=Harold|last2=Gabbard|first2=Sara Vaughn|title=1865: America Makes War and Peace in Lincoln's Final Year|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TVFmCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA77|date=27 April 2015|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-3401-8|page=77}}</ref> |- valign="top" |1878||''Decatur Boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat'', oil ||[[File:Decatur Boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat.jpg|200px]] ||43 × 59 in. (109.2 × 149.9 cm.) ||[[National Museum of the United States Navy]], [[Naval Historical Foundation]], [[Washington Navy Yard]], [[Washington, D.C.]] ||Subjects: [[Stephen Decatur|Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, Jr.]] (1779–1820); [[Thomas Macdonough|Midshipman Thomas Macdonough, Jr.]] (1783-1825). Scene: during the bombardment of [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] (in modern-day [[Libya]]), 3 August 1804 (during [[First Barbary War]]); US forces under command of [[Edward Preble|Commodore Edward Preble]] (1761-1807). |- |1854 |Farewell to the old home, oil | |36 x 50in (91.44 x 127cm.) | |Subject: A young family outside a house in the forest, including a dog. |}

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==External links== * {{cite web | title=Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center | url=http://collections.si.edu/search/index.htm | publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]], [[Washington. D.C.]]}} {{Portal|Biography}}

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