Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
GHS 399Description
Brown wooden frame. Rectangular-shaped waist length portrait in 3/4 view of male sitter identified as Dr. George Bensell. Sitter wears a powdered wig, a jacket partially buttoned, vest, shirt with ruffles, and a bow-tied cravat. Print is sepia colored. Written under the image is the following, "George Bensell, M.D., Nov. 1757-Oct 1837" The rest of the writing is illegible.
Writing on back of frame reads as follows, "An early practitioner and (?) friend of Caspar (?) J. Wister. See P. 165 "Memoirs of C.J.W". He lived on the SW corner of Germantown Avenue and School Lane where Savings Fund now stands."Dimensions
Height
9-3/8 inWidth
7-5/8 inDepth
3/4 inMaterial
Wood, glass, paperProvenance
Notes
See GHS True Accession Book, 'Dr. George Benzell [sic] in frame"