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Portrait of Robert Codman

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1880-1885

GUSN

GUSN-9862

Description

Oil painting of a white haired man (Robert Codman) with mustache, wearning a black coat and vest, white shirt and tie, gold watch and chain. Seated in a chair holding a brown covered book, reddish brown background. Gold gesso frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
Painting

Label

"Jewelry at Historic New England," Online exhibit presented by Historic New England launched September 30, 2007 at www.historicnewengland.org/jewelryhistory.

Inscription

"S W Whitman/1883" (Red paint)

Maker

Whitman, Sarah Wyman, 1842-1904 (Artist)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA

Dimensions

49 x 40 1/4 x 2 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mark Samuels Lasner

Accession Number

1995.396

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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