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Source Description
This miniature portrait is of an unknown young man in a black coat, waistcoat, and collar. Under the mount the corner of the thin rectangular ivory support is signed in ink "B. West." This may be the sitter's, rather than the artist's name as the costume of the subject suggests a date later than 1820, the year Benjamin West died.
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Document identity
localId
19782
label
Portrait of a Young Man
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
19782
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of a Young Man
description
This miniature portrait is of an unknown young man in a black coat, waistcoat, and collar. Under the mount the corner of the thin rectangular ivory support is signed in ink "B. West." This may be the sitter's, rather than the artist's name as the costume of the subject suggests a date later than 1820, the year Benjamin West died.
provenance
Thomas Footer, Cumberland, MD, until 1921; Ellen G. Keene, Baltimore, 1921, by inheritance; Mrs. Mary K. Greenblatt, Baltimore, Maryland and her brother, Cy Keene, Jr., Owings Mills, Maryland, 1994, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1995, by gift.
date
ca. 1840
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
miniatures (paintings)
portraits
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11.8
height
9
dimensionsRaw
Framed H: 4 5/8 × W: 3 9/16 in. (11.8 × 9 cm); Inner oval opening H: 2 13/16 × W: 2 1/2 in. (7.2 × 6.3 cm); Painted image H: 3 x W: 2 5/8 in. (7.6 x 6.6 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Inscription] On back of frame in cursive: Portrait of / young man / by / Bejamin West / history inside [Inscribed] lower left corner under mount: B. West
med
watercolor on ivory (?)
creator_ids
2743
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
type
photo
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4286941ab3a1c306
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
57bdec4fb034c0a7
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no
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no