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John Christian Rauschner (born 1760) was a German artist who specialized in portraits made of wax.〔His name appears in contemporary and later sources in variety of spellings, presumably all referring to the same artist: John Christian Rauchner, Johann Christian Rauschner, John C. Rauschner, J.C. Rauschner; John Christopher Rauschner, Johann Christoph Rauschner.〕 He worked for some time in the United States, travelling to Boston,〔"John C. Rauschner, artist in wax, 2 Winter Street." Boston Directory. 1807, 1810〕〔His son, portrait artist Henry Rauschner, had a "shop" in Boston ca.1809-1810. Henry died in 1812 while serving in the U.S. Army in South Carolina. cf. "Henry Rauschner, artist in wax, 3 Winter Street;" Boston Directory 1809. Independent Chronicle (Boston) 03-12-1810. "Deaths," The Pilot (Boston), Nov. 27, 1812〕 New York City,〔"Nature imitated. John Christopher Rauschner, artist. Member of the Imperial Academy of Sculpture at Vienna." Commercial Advertiser (NY), 01-02-1799〕 Philadelphia〔Philadelphia Directory. 1811〕 and elsewhere. Examples of Rauschner's artwork are in the Albany Institute of History & Art;〔(Smithsonian )〕 American Antiquarian Society;〔(American Antiquarian Society )〕 Bostonian Society; Fruitlands Museum;〔(Fruitlands Museum )〕 Historic New England; Massachusetts Historical Society; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;〔(MFA Boston )〕 New York Historical Society;〔(NY Historical Society )〕 Peabody Essex Museum; Philadelphia Museum of Art; West Point Museum; the White House, Washington DC; and Winterthur Museum.〔Anita Schorsch. "A Key to the Kingdom: The Iconography of a Mourning Picture." Winterthur Portfolio, Spring, 1979, vol.14, no.1〕 ==Images== ;Portraits by Rauschner Image:Ephraim Ward by John Christian Rauschner.png|Ephraim Ward Image:James Hoban circa 1800 - Crop.jpg|James Hoban Image:Asa Eaton by John Christian Rauschner ChristChurch Boston.png|Asa Eaton Image:Lucy Lord Dutch by John Christian Rauschner.png|Lucy Lord Dutch Image:OliverHolden byJohnChristianRauschner.png|Oliver Holden 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Christian Rauschner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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