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Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

SS.90.16

Description

Bust-length portrait of man; body facing left with head turned three-quarters to the viewer; wavy hair, brushed forward, with short sideburns; soft standing collar with ruched cravat; full fur collar on outer garment; dark gray fine line oval ground; handwritten, lower left in pencil: "Washington Irving" and "Jarvis del 22."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Artist

John Wesley Jarvis

Attribution

Artist

Date made

1850 - 1880

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

9-3/4 in

Width

7 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 7 in. (24.8 x 17.8 cm)

Material

Ink on paper

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Heavily foxed; tear to left side; bent corner bottom right; brown stains to all edges.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Washington Irving (1783-1859)

Notes

Subject

Person or Organization

Mrs. Wentworth Cruger Bacon (Katherine LaSalle Bacon) (1892-?)

Notes

Former owner

Related Entries

Notes

SS.62.2 a-b - Painting - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

The objects in this gift came from Mrs. (Katherine LaSalle) Wentworth Cruger Bacon (1892-?), whose husband, Wentworth Cruger Bacon (1880-1959) was the son of Catharine Paris Storrow Bacon (1843-1917).

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Administrative Office, Collection Manager's Office

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial