H513: Judge John Lowell (1743-1802)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

H513

People

Unidentified Artist
Copy after John Johnston, American (Boston, MA c. 1753 - 1818 Boston, MA)
Judge John Lowell (1743-1802)

Title

Judge John Lowell (1743-1802)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

early 19th century

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/304918

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

sight: 76.5 x 63.8 cm (30 1/8 x 25 1/8 in.)
framed: 92.1 x 79.4 x 7 cm (36 1/4 x 31 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Descended in the Lowell family to Abbott Lawrence Lowell; gift of the estate of Abbott Lawrence Lowell, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the Estate of Abbott Lawrence Lowell, 1943

Object Number

H513

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 251, p. 252, cat. 1349
• 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. 318, cat. 281, ill.

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