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Source Description
The sitter in this miniature has been identified as Colonel Samuel Waldo (1721-1770) who graduated from Harvard College in 1743. He was a member of the General Court and Colonel in the British Army in 1744, and became a Judge of the Probate Court in 1760. However, the age of the sitter does not seem to tally with the proposed date of this portrait, nor does the attribution of the miniature to Copley seem secure.
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Document identity
localId
20174
label
Colonel Samuel Waldo
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
20174
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Colonel Samuel Waldo
description
The sitter in this miniature has been identified as Colonel Samuel Waldo (1721-1770) who graduated from Harvard College in 1743. He was a member of the General Court and Colonel in the British Army in 1744, and became a Judge of the Probate Court in 1760. However, the age of the sitter does not seem to tally with the proposed date of this portrait, nor does the attribution of the miniature to Copley seem secure.
provenance
Herbert Lawton [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink Foundation Inc., Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
date
ca. 1770
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
portraits
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4.1
height
3.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 5/8 x W: 1 1/4 in. (4.13 x 3.18 cm)
Source extras
med
watercolor on ivory
creator_ids
2633
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
type
photo
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a35da142293206d4
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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74d2d33be7981e2c
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no
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no