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Portrait of Lemuel Hastings Arnold

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1939

GUSN

GUSN-54558

Description

Bust-length profile portrait of a young man in green coat, sideburns, hair brushed forward.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
paintings (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
Picture
Portrait
Watercolor
Unidentified Paper
Portrait

Inscription

Printed in ink on reverse, center top: ""Lemuel Hastings Arnold/ (Later Governor of Rhode Island)/ by Rossiter/ Original Taken About 1810--Copied in/ 1939 by Carmen Edgar.""

People and Organizations

Lemuel Hastings Arnold

Maker

Edgar, Carmen (Artist)
After Rossiter (Artist)

Dimensions

5.875 x 4.625 x 0.75 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Olive Percival

Accession Number

1947.96

Places

Rhode Island (United States)

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