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Portrait of Stephen Clarendon Phillips

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1857-1911

GUSN

GUSN-199326

Description

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.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Inscription

"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)

Associated Person

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

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P218
FA120

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

17 12/16 x 15 9/16 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.641

Related Items

Title Stephen Clarendon Phillips Accession Number 2006.44.637

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