Josiah Quincy, Jr. (1802-1882) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: H581
People: Gilbert Stuart, American (North Kingstown, RI 1755 - 1828 Boston, MA)
Title: Josiah Quincy, Jr. (1802-1882)
Other Titles: Former Title: Portrait of a Gentleman
Former Title: Portrait of Josiah Quincy (1772-1864)
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: c. 1824-1825
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/304957

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Oil on wood panel
Dimensions: 70.5 x 58.5 cm (27 3/4 x 23 1/16 in.)
framed: 93.7 x 80.7 x 8.3 cm (36 7/8 x 31 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Mr. Taylor, Boston; to his daughter Mrs. Gunyon, Richmond, England; Knoedler & Co., New York; sold to David Rockefeller, 1947; his gift to Harvard, 1959.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of David Rockefeller, 1959
Object Number: H581
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), pp. 377, 462, cat. 429

Verification Level

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