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Source Description
Head and shoulders portrait of a young man with curly brown hair, wearing a black coat with turn-over collar, white vest, white cambric shirt with a high collar and a black neckcloth. The assymetrical window on the back is typical of the period, unfortunately the hair has been lost.Alvan Clark was self-taught. He worked in the North East United States, being most active in miniature painting between 1836 and 1860. In that year he founded Alvan Clark & Sons in Cambridgeport, which became the leading firm of American telescope makers.
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Document identity
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37523
label
Mr. Taft
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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37523
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object
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normalized
title
Mr. Taft
description
Head and shoulders portrait of a young man with curly brown hair, wearing a black coat with turn-over collar, white vest, white cambric shirt with a high collar and a black neckcloth. The assymetrical window on the back is typical of the period, unfortunately the hair has been lost.Alvan Clark was self-taught. He worked in the North East United States, being most active in miniature painting between 1836 and 1860. In that year he founded Alvan Clark & Sons in Cambridgeport, which became the leading firm of American telescope makers.
provenance
Herbert Lawton Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink Foundation Inc., Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
date
ca. 1840
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
portraits
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
7.3
height
5.7
dimensionsRaw
H excluding frame: 2 7/8 x W: 2 1/4 in. (7.3 x 5.72 cm); Framed H: 3 x W: 2 1/2 in. (7.62 x 6.35 cm)
Source extras
med
watercolor on ivory
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5965
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EAN
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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no
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2
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photo
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