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Source Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Edwin Hall with brown, curly hair, wearing a dark blue coat, white shirt, and black neckcloth.Charles Fraser was a painter of miniatures, portraits in oils, and landscapes. He spent most of his life in his native city of Charleston depicting its leading citizens. This miniature is not listed in his account book, nor being shown in the solo exhibition for Fraser held in 1857.
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Document identity
localId
17436
label
Edwin Hall of Boston
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object
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2
Source metadata
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17436
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Edwin Hall of Boston
description
Head and shoulders portrait of Edwin Hall with brown, curly hair, wearing a dark blue coat, white shirt, and black neckcloth.Charles Fraser was a painter of miniatures, portraits in oils, and landscapes. He spent most of his life in his native city of Charleston depicting its leading citizens. This miniature is not listed in his account book, nor being shown in the solo exhibition for Fraser held in 1857.
provenance
Herbert Lawton [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink Foundation, Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
date
ca. 1820
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Miniatures
miniatures (paintings)
portraits
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.4
height
5.1
dimensionsRaw
H excluding frame: 2 1/2 x W: 2 in. (6.35 x 5.08 cm); Framed H: 2 5/8 x W: 2 1/8 in. (6.67 x 5.4 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Inscription] Visible in window which previously contained hair now lost: Edwin Hall Boston.
med
watercolor on ivory
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2795
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EAN
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none
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1
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photo
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2
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photo
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no