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Half-length portrait of Eleazer Van Ness Harwood. The young man has dark hair and dark eyes. He is seated and wearing a white shirt, black coat, waistcoat, and neck cloth. He has a small triangular gold brooch pinned to his waistcoat and is holding a book in his left hand. Oil paint on mattress ticking. Not framed.
portraits
oil paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
ticking
Painting
Painting
"Ptd. by / AL Powers. / Springfield / VT / 1836" (Black paint)
"Harwood" painted in a banner over a pair of wings. (Black paint)
Harwood, Eleazer Van Ness, Dr., 1816-1880
891.2
Powers, Asahel L. (American painter, 1813-1843) (Artist)
VT
28 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Dr. John Hitchcock
2014.34.2
Springfield (Windsor county, Vermont)
Springfield (Windsor county, Vermont)
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