H493: Richard Mather (1596-1669)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- H493
- People
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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
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- 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.
Verification Level
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