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Family Portrait

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1700-1750

GUSN

GUSN-40379

Description

Oil on canvas family portrait of a man in a rust colored coat and gray wig on the right; a woman in a white dress to the left; and a girl in a blue dress standing between them. Believed to be Gov. Burnet of NY (1720-1727) with his wife and child.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Associated Person

Burnet, Governor, 1720-1727

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

64 x 78 3/4 x 2 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Albion D. Wilde, original loan from Mrs. Wilde and Helen E. Endicott

Accession Number

1940.1

Places

Possibly New York state (United States)
Possibly

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