Saturday, November 13, 2010

"A Miraculous Request" by Michael Bedard (commissioned painting update)


A Miraculous Request
 The appearance of Founding Fathers and Eminent Men and Women 

to  Wilford Woodruff in the Saint George Temple in 1877.


PRESIDENTS  of the United States:  

George Washington  of Virginia (1732-1799)
John Adams  of Massachusetts (1735-1826 4 July) 
Thomas Jefferson  of Virginia (1743- 1826 4 July)
James Madison  of Virginia (1751-1836) 
James Monroe of Virginia (1758- 1831 4 July)
John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts (1767-1848) 
Andrew Jackson  of South Carolina (1767-1845)
William Henry Harrison of Virginia ( 1773- 1841)
John Tyler of Virginia (1790-1862)

James Know Polk of North Carolina (1795-1849)
Zachary Taylor of Virginia (1784-1850)
Millard Fillmore of New York (1800-1874)
Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire (1804- 1869)
Abraham Lincoln of Kentucky (1809-1865)

Andrew Johnson of North Carolina ( 1808-1875)



EMINENT MEN:

Louis Agassiz of  Swiss- American (1807-1873) Naturalist
Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte of France (1808-1873) Emperor
Lord Henry Brougham of England (1778-1868) Statesman, Lord Chancellor of England
Baron Edward George Bulwer-lytton of England (1803-1873) Novelist/Politician
Edmund Burke of Ireland (1729-1797)  Irish/English Statesman, Political Author
Robert Burns of Scotland (1759-1796) Poet
Lord George Gordon Byron of England (1788-1824) Poet
John C. Calhoun of America (1782-1850) Statesman
Count Camillo Benso de Cavour of Italy (1810-1861) Statesman, Diplomat
Thomas Chalmers of Scotland (1780-1874) Religious Reformer
Henry Clay of America (1777-1852) Statesman
Richard Cobden of England (1804-1865) English leader of Free Trade
Christopher Columbus of Genoa, Present-day Italy (1451-1506) Discovered the New World
John philpot Curran of Ireland (1750-1817)  Statesman
Michael faraday of England (1791-1867) Scienist, Father of Electromagnetism
Admiral David Glasgow Farragut of America (1801-1870) Navial Officer
Frederick the Great of Prussia (1712-1786) King of Prussia
David Garrick of England (1717-1779)  Actor and Director
Sir Edward Gibbon of England (1737-1794) Historian
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe of Germany (1749-1832) Father of German Literature
Oliver Goldsmith  of Ireland (1730-1774) Poet, Playwright, Novelist
Henry Grattan of Ireland (1746-1820) Statesman
Alexander von Humboldt of Berlin (1769-1859) Father of Physical Geography
Washington Irving of America (1783)  Father of American Literature
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson of America (1824-1863) Confederate General
Samuel Johnson of England (1709-1784) Moralist, Writer , Lexicographer
Benito Pablo Juarez of Mexico (1806-1872)  President, Statesman
John Philip Kemble of Englind (1757-1823) Shakespearean Actor, Director
Baron Justus von Liebig of Prussia (1803-1873) Father of Organic Chemistry
David Livingstone of Sottland  (1813-1873) Missionary, Physcian, Explorer
Martin Luther of Eisleben, Saxony, Holy Roman Emppire (1483-1546) Monk, Theologian
Thomas Babington Macaulay of England (1800-1859) Historian, Essayist, Politician
Lord Horatio Nelson of England (1758-1805) British Naval Hero
Daniel  O' Connell of Ireland (1775-1847) Statesman
George Peabody of America (1795-1869)  Philanthropist
Hiram Powers of America (1805-1873) Sculptor

Sir Joshua Reynolds of England (1723-1792) Painter
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller of Germany (1759-1805) Poet, Dramatist, Historian
Sir Walter Scott of England (1771-1832) Poet, Novelist
William Henry Seward of America (1801-1872) Statesman
George Stephenson of England (1781-1848) Father of the Railway
William Makepeace Thackeray of England (1811-1863) Humorist, Satrist, Novelist
Amerigo Vespucci of Italy  (1454-1512) Navigator
Daniel Webster of America (1872-1852) Defender of the Constitution
John Wesley of England (1703-1791) Divinity Scholar, Preacher
William Wordsworth of England (1770-1850) Poet
Count Dimitrius Parepa of Romania (ca. 1800's ) Baron Georgiades De Boyescu



EMINENT WOMEN:

Jean Armour of Scotland (1767-1834) Wife of Robert Burns  
Jane Austen of England (1775-1817) Novelist
Mary Ball of America (1708-1789) Mother of George Washington
Sarah Barnard of England (1800-1879) Wife of Michael Faraday
Charlotte Bronte of England (1816-1855) Novelist
Felicia Dorothea Browne of England (1793-1835) Poet
Elizabeth Barrett Browning of England, (1806-1861) Poet, Wife of Robert Browning
Farncis (Fanny) Burney of England, Madame d'Arblay (1752-1840)
Jane Butler of America (died 1728) 2nd Wife of Augustine Washington, father of George Washington 
Martha Caldwell of America (died 1802) Mother of John Caldwell Calhoun
Eleanor Calvert of America (1757-1811) Wife of John Park Custis
Charlotte Margaret Carpenter of England (1770-1826) Wife of Sir Walter Scott 
Elizabeth Christina of Prussia (1715-1797) Wife of Frederick  II
Charlotte Corday of Normandy (1768-1793) French Patriot
Saraah Creaghv of Ireland (dates unknown) Wife of John Phillpot Curran
Martha Parke Custis of America (1755-1773) Daughter of Martha Washington
Martha Dandridge of America (1732-1802) Wife of George Washington
Rachel Donelsonv of America (1767-1828) Wife of Andrew Jackson
Elizabeth Dykes of Ireland (1795-1865) Wife of Thomas Moore
Abigail Eastman of America  (1737-1816) Mother of Daniel Webster
Mary Anne Eden of England (died 1865) Wife of Lord Henry Brougham
Maria Edgeworth of England (1767-1849) Novelist
Anne Fairfax of America (dates unknown) Wife of Lawrence Washington
Henrietta Fitzgerald of Ireland (dates unknown) Wife of Henry Grattan
Grace Fletcher of America (1781-1828) Wife of Daniel Webster
Sarah Ford of England (1669-1759) Mother of Samuel Johnson
Sarah Margaret Fuller of America (1810-1850) Social Reformer
Elizabeth Gurney of England (1780-1845) Religious Social Reformer
Frances Henderson of England (1768-1805) Wife of George Stephenson
Frances Herbert of England  (c. 1758-1831) Wife of Lord Horatio Nelson
Matilda Hoffman of  America (1791-1809) Betrothed of Washington Irving
Priscilla Hopkins of England (1755-1845) Wife of John Philip Kemble
Lydia Huntley of America (1791-1865) Author
Mary Hutchinson of England (1770-1859) Wife of William Wordsworth
Elinor Junkins of America (1825-1854) Wife of "Stonewall" Jackson
Emily Chubbock Judson of America (1817-1854)  Author (Fanny Forester)
Letitia Elizabeth Landon of England (1802-1838) Poet and Novelist
Charlotte Von Lingefeld of Prussia (1766-1826) Wife of Frederick Schiller
Sarah Van Brugh Livingston of America (1757-1802) Wife of John Jay
Frances Locke of America (1811/1812-1849/1850) Poet
Marie Antoinette of France (1755-1793) Queen
Maria Theresa of Austria (1717-1780)  Empress, Mother of Marie Antoinette
Margarita Mazza of Mexico (1826-1871) Wife of Benito Juarez
Emily Lamb Melbourne of England (1787-1869) Wife of Lord Palmerston 
Anna Isabella Milbanke of England (1792-1860) Wife of Lord Byron
Mary Russell Mitford of England (1787-1855) Playwright, Novelist
Hannah Moore of England (1745-1833) Religious Author
Lady Sydney Morgan of Ireland (1780-1859) Novelist
Anna Murphy of Ireland (1794-1860)  Author, Archaeologist
Jane Nugent of England (1734-1812) Wife of Edmund Burke
Mary O'Connell of Ireland (1775-1836) Wife of Daniel O'Connell
Lady Catherine Pakenham of Engand (c.1727-1831) Wife of Duke of Wellington
Countess Demetrius Parepa of England (1815-1870) Mother of Euphrosyne Parepa
Euphrosyne Parepa of Engand (1836-1874) Opera Singer
Dorothy (Dolley)  Payne of America (1772-1849) Wife of James Madison
Mary Philipse of America (c.1728-1822) English Patroit, Friend of George Washington
Catherine Maria Sedqwick of America (1789-1867) Novelist
Isabella Shawe of England (1818-1894) Wife of William Makepeace Thhackeray
Sarah Kemble Siddons of Wales (1755-1831) Engllish Actress, Sister of John Philip Kemble
Abigail Smith of America (1744-1818) Wife of John Adams
Mary Fairfaz Somerville of Scotland (1780-1872) Mathematician, Scientist
Eva Maria Veigel of England (1724-1822) Wife of David Garrick
Christiane Vulpius of Prussia (1764-1816) Wife of Goethe
Mildred Warner of America  (died 1701) Mother of Augustine Washington
Martha Wayles of America (178-1782)  Wife of Thomas Jefferson
Wife of John Washington of America (dates unknown)
Wife of Henry Washington of America (dates unknown)
 Wife of Lawrence Washington  of Americal (dates unknown) 2nd wife

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

"A Miraculous Request" update Nov 3, 2010 Michael Bedard

I have sixteen of the eminent women painted in so far! I will paint in another fourteen to complete the painting! As you can see, I still have a lot of clean up to turn this into one of my best works.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Brother's Keeper Video

Here is a recent video of my painting, Brother's Keeper. I hope you enjoy it.