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Portrait of Two Boys

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1829

GUSN

GUSN-50237

Description

Two boys in profile, wearing brown suits with white collars.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
paper (fiber product)
pencils (drawing and writing equipment)
watercolor (paint)
busts (figures)
children (people by age group)
Picture
Portrait
Oil
Watercolor
Unidentified Paper
Pencil
Bust
Boy
Child
Portrait

Inscription

In painted script on reverse, center reads, ""Painted at Marlborough/ of Twin Proctors/ May 1829/ Albert/ Alfred/ Born Nov. 30 1824""

Associated Person

Proctor, Albert
Proctor, Alfred, 1824

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5.875 x 8.5 x 0.75 (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1982.263

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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