Harvard Art Museums > H106: John Snelling Popkin (1771-1852) Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"John Snelling Popkin (1771-1852) (Unidentified Artist)(John Snelling Popkin) , H106,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 01, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/304645. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number H106 People Unidentified Artist John Snelling Popkin (1771 - 1852) Title John Snelling Popkin (1771-1852) Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 19th century Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/304645 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on paper mounted on canvas Dimensions sight: 73.9 x 61.2 cm (29 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks label: gold-colored plaque below painting "JOHN SNELLING POPKIN, 1771-1852/ Eliot Professor of Greek Literature, 1826-33/ Artist unknown". Provenance Recorded Ownership History Bequest of Miss Mary R. Popkin, niece of Professor Popkin, to Harvard College, 1893 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard University Portrait Collection, Bequest of Miss Mary R. Popkin, niece of Professor Popkin, to Harvard College, 1893 Object Number H106 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description John Snelling Popkin was college professor of Greek 1815 to 1826 and Eliot Professor of Greek Literature from 1826 to 1833. Publication History William Garrott Brown, A List of Portraits in the Various Buildings of Harvard University, Harvard University Library (Cambridge, MA, 1898), p. 34 Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), p. 112 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
