Harvard Art Museums > H3: Benjamin Wadsworth (1669/70-1737) 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"Benjamin Wadsworth (1669/70-1737) (Unidentified Artist)(Benjamin Wadsworth) , H3,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/304883. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number H3 People Unidentified Artist Benjamin Wadsworth (1669/70-1737) Title Benjamin Wadsworth (1669/70-1737) Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 17th-18th c. Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/304883 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 82.5 x 69.5 cm (32 1/2 x 27 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks label: back: The Portrait of President Wadsworth/Presented Harvard University By/Rev. Dr. Wadsworth of Danvers (placed under mylar 1/24/01) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Gift of the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Wadsworth to Harvard College (before 1880) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Wadsworth to Harvard College (before 1880) Object Number H3 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. 42 Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), pp. 137-138, ill. p. 137 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. 424, cat. 2240 Francesca Bewer, A Laboratory for Art: Harvard's Fogg Museum and the Emergence of Conservation in America, 1900-1950, Harvard Art Museum and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA, 2010), p. 202, fig. 428 Related Works Straus.6968 X-radiograph(s) of "Benjamin Wadsworth" Photographs Straus.6969 X-radiograph(s) of "Benjamin Wadsworth" Photographs Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
