Harvard Art Museums > H23: Tyler Bigelow (1778-1865) 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"Tyler Bigelow (1778-1865) (Chester Harding)(Tyler Bigelow) , H23,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 14, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/304800. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number H23 People Chester Harding, American (Conway, MA 1792 - 1866 Boston, MA) Tyler Bigelow (1778 - 1865) Title Tyler Bigelow (1778-1865) Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1830s Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/304800 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 76.9 x 63.5 cm (30 1/4 x 25 in.) framed: 101.6 x 91.4 x 9.2 cm (40 x 36 x 3 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks plaque: TYLER BIGELOW, 1778-1865/ Attorney at Law, founder of Bigelow Scholarships/ Style of Chester Harding Provenance Recorded Ownership History Tyler Bigelow; to his son George Tyler Bigelow; to his wife, Mrs. George Tyler Bigelow, 1878; her gift to Harvard College, 1878. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Mrs. George Tyler Bigelow to Harvard College, 1878 Object Number H23 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 Garrott Brown, A List of Portraits in the Various Buildings of Harvard University, Harvard University Library (Cambridge, MA, 1898), p. 8 "Paintings in Randall Hall", Harvard Alumni Bulletin (January 24, 1912), vol. 14, p. 259, p. 259 "The Fine Arts. Harvard Portraits:, Boston Evening Transcript (January 13, 1912), p. 3, p. 3 Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), p. 20 Leah Lipton, A Truthful Likeness: Chester Harding and His Portraits, exh. cat., National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC, 1985), p. 137, ill. 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), p. 242, cat. 192, 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