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Portrait of C. Malcolm Watkins (1911-2001)

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1920

GUSN

GUSN-310706

Description

Portrait of C. Malcolm Watkins as a young boy. Subject is seated on a chair and is wearing a white suit jacket, white short pants, white collared shirt, and a floral tie. Small green velvet covered table at sitter's left decorated with a toy elephant, green glass bottle, and a toy boat. Oil on canvas, ornate gilt frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

paintings (visual works)
portraits
oil paint (paint)
canvas
Picture
Portrait
Portrait

Inscription

"Vesper L. George 1920" (Painted)

Associated Person

Watkins, C. Malcolm, 1911-2001

Additional Identification Number

1299.1
962

Maker

George, Vesper Lincoln, 1865-1934 (Artist)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA

Dimensions

49 1/4 x 42 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Joan Pearson Watkins Trust

Accession Number

2015.62.1

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

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