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Half-length portrait of Samuel Appleton (1766-1853). Appleton is wearing a black coat, white waistcoat, white stock, and white collar. Appleton is seated with his left elbow resting on the scrolled arm or back of a red upholstered chair. Red curtain draped in background. Oil on canvas. Gilt frame. Copy of the original 1818 portrait painted by Gilbert Stuart Newton (1794-1835) in the collection of Harvard University. Copy artist "H.G." is unknown.
portraits
paintings (visual works)
canvas
oil paint (paint)
Picture
Portrait
Portrait
"HG. / 1848" (Black paint)
"Samuel Appleton" (Pencil)
Appleton, Samuel, 1766-1853
Reproduction of Newton, Gilbert Stuart (English painter, 1794-1835) (Artist)
Boston, MA
40 1/2 x 33 x 2 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. George F. Weld and Mrs. R.H.F. Standen
1949.28
Probably Massachusetts (United States)
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