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Oil portrait of Richard Waldron (1694-1753) of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 3/4 length view of a man facing right, standing and resting his arm on a table on which rests a document with legend, "Sali Populi Subrema Lex." Man wears a curled wig, white flowing stock, frock coat and vest. Background with shelves of law books (alluding to sitter's legal career) with drapery at right. Original molded wood frame.
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oil paintings (visual works)
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Painting
Waldron, Richard, 1694-1753
Greenwood, John, 1727-1792 (Painter)
49 1/16 x 39 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Katharine Parry and Virginia Hodge
1966.239
Title Portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Westbrook Waldron Accession Number 1966.238
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