3/4 length portrait of male in bust pose. Light hair or powdered wig, wearing dark jacket, white button vest and collar. White ruffled shirt with knotted cravat. Left arm is away from body over back of chair. Dark background, carved wood frame.
Artwork Details
Medium
Oil, wood
Made/Created
Place
* Untyped Place
USA, possibly Germantown
Dimensions
Height
29-1/2 in
Width
25 in
Relationships
Related Publications
Publication
Bringhurst Family File
Granville Leach, Josiah. History of the Bringhurst Family with Notes on the Clarkson DePeyster and Boude Families.
Bringhurst- see:
Indices: Photo, Crier, Obit
Phot Scrapbooks and boxes
Glass negatives
Leach, F.W. Old Philadelphia Familiesp. 160, 1911
Keyster, Dr. Naaman, Early Transportation
Provenance
Notes
See GHS True Accession Book #314- "Original painting of Mr. and Mrs. Bringhurst. Jesse born December 1770, died April 24, 1822 Wife born 1771, died Dec 4, 1840."
Portrait of Mildren Keen Bringhurst see GHS 315.
Painting was donated in 1913 by Frank Bringhurst.
