MEDIA Show Media Credit: the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Gift of David C. Wade, Jr., in memory of his mother, Ellen Hay WadeOriginal Author: Attributed to Matthew PrattCreated: ca. 1790Medium: Oil on canvasNathaniel Burwell (1750–1814)Nathaniel Burwell holds a book in his right hand in this painting attributed to Matthew Pratt, a well-known American portraitist during the colonial period.FEATURED INNathaniel Burwell (1750–1814)