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Portrait of Rufus Lathrop (1731-1805)

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1771-1785

GUSN

GUSN-2155

Description

Rectangular format. Portrait of a man shown facing three-quarter right, left hand on inkstand with books, right hand on hip; blue suit, buff waistcoat with ruffled stock; brown hair long over ears in queue in back.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
paintings (visual works)
canvas
oil paint (paint)
Picture
Portrait
Oil
Coated Canvas
Portrait

Inscription

See accession file.

Associated Person

Lathrop, Rufus, 1731-1805

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Attributed to Durand, John (Maker)

Location of Origin

Norwich, CT, USA

Dimensions

48.25 x 36.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.166.1

Places

Connecticut (United States)

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