A pastel portrait of Captain Stephen Phillips, it is a left profile, and he is wearing a black suit jacket. His high collared shirt is white, and has a small ruffle in front. His shoulder length hair is tied back with a dark ribbon. Frame is gold painted wood and plaster, with a scalloped inside border and beaded outer border. Gray pastel implies an oval mat around the portrait.
pastels (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
pastels (crayons)
Drawing
Phillips, Stephen, 1764-1838
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P174
FA022
Schipper, Gerrit, 1775-ca. 1830 (Artist)
11 3/16 x 10 1/16 x 1 5/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.597
Title Captain Stephen Phillips. Accession Number 2006.44.1080
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