Bust-length portrait of Stephen Clarendon Phillips, with right shoulder forward in a gold frame with an oval opening. He has brown hair and blue eyes and is wearing a black coat, gray vest, white shirt with a high collar, and a black necktie. He is sitting in a chair with dark red upholstery and carved floral decoration. The wood frame has applied plaster details and is painted gold.
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oil paint (paint)
wood (plant material)
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Painting
"Portrait of Stephen C. Phillips 2d Mayor of Salem, Mass First Free Soil Candidate for Governor of Mass J.D. Phillips 1911" (Handwritten label on reverse)
Phillips, Stephen C. (Stephen Clarendon), 1801-1857
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P218
FA120
Unknown
17 12/16 x 15 9/16 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.641
Title Stephen Clarendon Phillips Accession Number 2006.44.637
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