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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.191
People
William Etty, British (York, England 1787 - 1849 York, England)
Title
Self-Portrait
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1825
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230155

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on millboard
Dimensions
42.86 x 30.48 cm (16 7/8 x 12 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l: Etty
  • inscription: Inscription noted in conservation file: Portrait [in ink]; inscribed on boards: Roberson & Co./ 51 Lon[ ], London.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
E. W. Smithson, sold; to [Arnold Seligmann, London, 1928], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1938, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.191
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Dennis Farr, William Etty, Routledge and Paul (London, England, 1958), p. 49 and p. 165, no. 152d
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 106, repr. as no. 39

Verification Level

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