Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE xiii
4. CONTENTS xv
5. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xvii
6. INTRODUCTION xix
7. ROBERT FEKE
8. CHAPTER I THE BEGINNINGS OF ART IN THE COLONIES 3
9. CHAPTER II ANCESTRY AND BOYHOOD 18
10. CHAPTER III EARLY MANHOOD, 1725-1740—VISITS TO NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA 32
11. CHAPTER IV THE FIRST BOSTON VISIT, SUMMER OF 1741 41
12. CHAPTER V MARRIAGE AND SETTLEMENT IN NEWPORT, 1742-1745 48
13. CHAPTER VI THE SECOND PHILADELPHIA VISIT, 1746 66
14. CHAPTER VII THE SECOND BOSTON VISIT, 1748-1749 72
15. CHAPTER VIII LATEST WORK IN NEWPORT 1749-1750 83
16. CHAPTER IX THE THIRD PHILADELPHIA VISIT, SPRING OF 1750 87
17. CHAPTER X DISAPPEARANCE AND DEATH 95
18. CHAPTER XI FEKE’S PLACE AS AN ARTIST 102
19. APPENDICES
20. APPENDIX A CORRESPONDENCE IN DAWSON’S HISTORICAL MAGAZINE 111
21. APPENDIX B PEDIGREE OF ROBERT FEKE, WITH NOTES ON HENRY FEAKE AND ON THE FEAKE FAMILY OF BARBADOS 114
22. CATALOGUE OF PORTRAITS
23. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 121
24. NOTES ON OTHER PICTURES BY FEKE OR ATTRIBUTED TO HIM 208
25. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF EXTANT PORTRAITS 210
26. PRESENT LOCATION OF PORTRAITS 212
27. INDEX 215