H493: Richard Mather (1596-1669)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

H493

People

The Reverend Thaddeus Mason Harris, American (Charlestown, MA 1768 - 1842)
Richard Mather (1596 - 1669)

Title

Richard Mather (1596-1669)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1794

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/304906

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor, black, red and white chalk, graphite on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

23 x 18.3 cm (9 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: inscribed, l.c., brown ink: Rev.d Richard Mather
• watermark: 1794

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Gift of Mrs. Frank M. Clark, 1940.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Mrs. Frank M. Clark, 1940

Object Number

H493

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

This watercolor of Richard Mather, by The Reverend Thaddeus Mason Harris, is based on John Foster's woodcut of 1670, which is in the collection of Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Publication History

• 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. 265
• 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. 248-49, cat. 199 ill.

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