David Dudley (1787-1841) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: H693
People: Chester Harding, American (Conway, MA 1792 - 1866 Boston, MA)
David Dudley (1787 - 1841)
Title: David Dudley (1787-1841)
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: c. 1836
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/305145

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

76.2 x 63.5 cm (30 x 25 in.)
framed: 95.3 x 82.6 x 8.9 cm (37 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

label: on verso: David Dudley born 1786 died 1841. This portrait was painted by the celebrated Harding when he was 44 years old.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Bequest of Caroline Dudley Taylor, 1988.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard University Portrait Collection, Bequest of Caroline Dudley Taylor, 1988
Object Number: H693
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Dean Dudley, History of the Dudley Family, with Genealogical Tables, Pedigrees, Etc. Number VIII, Dean Dudley (Wakefield, MA, 1893), ill. opp. p. 850
Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), pp. 244-45, cat. 195, ill.

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