Harvard Art Museums > H69: Samuel Dexter (1726-1810), after John Johnston Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Samuel Dexter (1726-1810), after John Johnston (James Frothingham)(Samuel Dexter) , H69,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 27, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/304564. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number H69 People James Frothingham, American (Charlestown, MA 1786 - 1864 Brooklyn, NY) Samuel Dexter (1726-1810) Title Samuel Dexter (1726-1810), after John Johnston Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date c. 1814 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/304564 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on wood panel Dimensions 92 x 71.7 cm (36 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.) framed: 109.5 x 91.4 x 11.1 cm (43 1/8 x 36 x 4 3/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Gift of Samuel Dexter, son of Samuel Dexter (1726-1810), to Harvard College, 1814. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Samuel Dexter, son of Samuel Dexter (1725-1810), to Harvard College, 1814 Object Number H69 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History William Howe Downes, "Boston Painters and Paintings, Part II: Allston and His Contemporaries", The Atlantic Monthly (August 1888), vol. 62, no. 370, pp. 258-266, p. 261 William Garrott Brown, A List of Portraits in the Various Buildings of Harvard University, Harvard University Library (Cambridge, MA, 1898), p. 15 Clarence Winthrop Bowen, History of Woodstock, Connecticut (Norwood, MA, 1926), ill. p. 183 Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), pp. 46-48 Historical Records Survey, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Works Progress Administration, American Portraits, 1620-1825, found in Massachusetts, Volumes 1 and 2, Historical Records Survey (Boston, MA, 1939), p. 110, cat. 626 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. 24, 211, cat. 161, ill. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu