1943.139: Portrait of a Boy
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.139
- People
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Walter Libbey, American (1827-1852)
- Title
- Portrait of a Boy
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting
- Date
- 1842
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/311172
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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25.6 x 20.6 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
framed: 44.1 x 39.1 x 11.4 cm (17 3/8 x 15 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: verso: by W-- Libbe/ Feb 1842
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.139
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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), p. 339, cat. 301, ill.
Verification Level
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