Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.3.92Description
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 3 -The Wissahickon
Page 92 contains a photograph of a portrait labeled "David Rittenhouse, LL. D., Professor of Astronomy, 1779-82; Trustee, 1784-96." A further caption mentions that the painting is by Trumball, Academy of Fine Arts. The portrait shows David Rittenhouse with an "elongated" face and "sharp" nose and thinning hair. He is wearing a formal coat and vest and a formal white "collar" tied at the front into a bow. The background is dark , accentuating his features.Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection