Half-length portrait of Allen Penfield Harwood. The young man has dark hair and blue-gray eyes. He is seated and wearing a white shirt with a black coat, waistcoat, and neck cloth. He has a small gold brooch with a portrait of an unknown man pinned to the center of his shirt. Oil on panel. Not framed.
portraits
oil paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
panels (wood)
Painting
Painting
"Ptd by / AL Powers / Springfield / VT/ 1836" (Black paint)
Harwood, Allen Penfield, 1818-1893
877.1
937
Powers, Asahel L. (American painter, 1813-1843) (Artist)
Springfield, VT
27 15/16 x 23 3/4 x 1 5/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Dr. John Hitchcock
2013.113.1
Springfield (Windsor county, Vermont)
Springfield (Windsor county, Vermont)
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