David Rittenhouse
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He made his living as a clock and instrument-maker but became famous for the astronomical work he is shown pursuing in this portrait. The observations Rittenhouse made during the transit of Venus in 1769 enabled him to measure the distance from Earth to the sun and contributed to international recognition of American scientific achievement."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Rittenhouse turned his engineering expertise to military purposes during the American Revolution, which he strongly supported. As a member of Pennsylvania\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Committee of Safety, he surveyed the location of forts, developed experimental telescopic sights for rifles, and supervised the casting of cannon. After joining Rittenhouse to review defensive measures on the Delaware River, John Adams described him as \u00e2\u0080\u009ca tall, slender Man, plain, soft, modest, no remarkable Depth, or thoughtfullness in his Face\u00e2\u0080\u0094yet cool, attentive, and clear.\u00e2\u0080\u009d"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido cerca de Germantown, Pensilvania"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "David Rittenhouse fue un ni\u00c3\u00b1o prodigio que, sin educaci\u00c3\u00b3n formal, lleg\u00c3\u00b3 a ser uno de los cient\u00c3\u00adficos m\u00c3\u00a1s respetados de las colonias americanas. Se ganaba la vida fabricando relojes e instrumentos, pero cobr\u00c3\u00b3 fama por su trabajo de astronom\u00c3\u00ada, como se ilustra en este retrato. Sus observaciones durante el tr\u00c3\u00a1nsito de Venus en 1769 le permitieron medir la distancia desde la Tierra hasta el Sol y fomentaron el reconocimiento mundial de los logros cient\u00c3\u00adficos norteamericanos."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Rittenhouse aplic\u00c3\u00b3 sus conocimientos de ingenier\u00c3\u00ada a fines militares durante la Guerra de Independencia, la cual apoy\u00c3\u00b3 con fervor. Como miembro del Comit\u00c3\u00a9 de Seguridad de Pensilvania, estudi\u00c3\u00b3 la ubicaci\u00c3\u00b3n de los fuertes, desarroll\u00c3\u00b3 mirillas telesc\u00c3\u00b3picas experimentales para los rifles y supervis\u00c3\u00b3 la fundici\u00c3\u00b3n de los ca\u00c3\u00b1ones. Luego de acompa\u00c3\u00b1ar a Rittenhouse en una inspecci\u00c3\u00b3n de las defensas en el r\u00c3\u00ado Delaware, John Adams lo describi\u00c3\u00b3 como \u00e2\u0080\u009cun Hombre alto, delgado, suave, modesto, sin Profundidad notable ni aire reflexivo en su Rostro, aunque sereno, atento y directo\u00e2\u0080\u009d."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "Purchased from artist by Edward Savage, 1796-1817; probably purchased with the contents of Savage's Museum by Ethan Allen Greenwood for his New England Museum, Boston, 1818; purchased by Moses Kimball for his Boston Museum, 1839. The Brook Club, New York City, by 1907; purchased by Thomas Sovreign Gates by 1945 for his wife, Emma Barton Waller Gates, a Rittenhouse descendant; her son, James Waller; his estate; (Robert Eldred Auction House, Hyannis, Mass.), March 29, 1986; purchased by (Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia) for Stanley P. 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