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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.204
People
Attributed to Frederic George Stephens, British (1827 - 1907)
Title
Portrait of a Man
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Portrait of William Allingham / Portrait of Swinburne
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230458

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
39.1 x 31.4 cm (15 3/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
framed: 59.1 x 51.4 x 6.4 cm (23 1/4 x 20 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
E. Carlsberg. [Jacques Furst, New York] sold January 1939; to Grenville L. Winthrop, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

It is unclear from documentation if Furst actually owned the painting or sold it for Carlsberg.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.204
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1946), no. 94
  • Ann Philips, "When Women Were 'Blessed Damsels'", Cambridge Chronicle (January 25 1973)
  • 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. 130, repr. as no. 73

Exhibition History

  • Paintings and Drawings of the Pre-Raphaelites and their Circle, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/08/1946 - 06/01/1946
  • Pre-Raphaelite and Early French Symbolist Art in the Fogg Collections, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/16/1973 - 02/25/1973

Verification Level

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