Portrait of Wanton Casey (1760-1842). Half length oil on canvas polychrome portrait of Casey wearing blue coat, floral vest, ruffled cuffs, white stock and white wig. Brownish-black background. Rectangular gilt frame is elaborately molded with egg and dart interior border.
oil paintings (visual works)
portraits
oil paint (paint)
canvas
Painting
"Wanton Casey/ son of/ Silas Casey/and/ Abigail Coggeshall Casey" (Black ink)
"Garbanti & Gillespie/ Gilders and picture frame makers/ 215 Westminster Street/ Providence, RI." (Printed label)
Casey, Wanton, 1760-1842
Original to Casey Farm (Saunderstown, R.I.),
Garbanti & Gillespie (Framer)
Providence, RI, USA
18 1/2 x 16 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Edward P. Casey
1955.289
Rhode Island (United States)
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