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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.70
People
John S. Blunt (also known as The Borden Limner), American (Portsmouth, ME? 1798 - 1835 on board ship)
Attributed to The Borden Limner (active c. 1828-1835)
Previously attributed to John S. Blunt (also known as The Borden Limner), American (Portsmouth, ME? 1798 - 1835 on board ship)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist
Title
Sarah Phillips Church
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1828-1835
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228953

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
85.7 x 71.5 cm (33 3/4 x 28 1/8 in.)
framed: 103.2 x 91.1 x 11.4 cm (40 5/8 x 35 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
By descent to Frank R. Fraprie; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. Frank R. Fraprie
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.70
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Robert Charles Bishop, The Borden Limner and His Contemporaries, exh. cat., University of Michigan Museum of Art (Ann Arbor, MI, 1976), p. 51, no. 28, ill.
  • Robert Bishop, "John S. Blunt", The Magazine Antiques (November 1977), pp. 964-971, p. 971, fig. 15
  • 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. 33, 98-99, cat. 49, ill.

Exhibition History

  • The American Spirit in Portraiture, 1675 - 1900, Fogg Art Museum, 01/19/1951 - 02/24/1951
  • The Borden Limner and His Contemporaries, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 11/14/1976 - 01/16/1977
  • John Blunt: The Man, The Artist, and His Times, American Folk Art Museum, New York, 03/06/1980 - 05/04/1980
  • GenEd US12 American Encounters: Art, Contact, and Conflict, 1560-1860 (S427) Spring 2012, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 05/12/2012

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