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Portrait of Stephen C. Phillips

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

19th century

GUSN

GUSN-198581

Description

Oil painting on canvas of a seated male, Stephen Clarendon Phillips. He is seated in a red chair and has light brown hair and muted green-blue eyes. He is wearing a black coat, a gray spotted vest with a white collared shirt and a black bow tie. The background is light green. The wood frame is guilded with a raised outer edge, then concave, then an inner edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

oil paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
gesso
wood (plant material)
Painting

Inscription

"Salem May __ Moulton & Dover?" (Torn label on reverse of frame.)

Associated Person

Phillips, Stephen C. (Stephen Clarendon), 1801-1857

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P191
FA114

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

40 3/16 x 33 2/16 x 2 6/16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.614

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