Harvard Art Museums > H648: John Lowell (1769-1840) 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"John Lowell (1769-1840) (Gilbert Stuart)(John Lowell) , H648,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/304993. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number H648 People Gilbert Stuart, American (North Kingstown, RI 1755 - 1828 Boston, MA) John Lowell (1769 - 1840) Title John Lowell (1769-1840) Other Titles Former Title: John Lowell, Jr. Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1824 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/304993 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 76.5 x 64 cm (30 1/8 x 25 3/16 in.) framed: 96.5 x 83.8 x 8.9 cm (38 x 33 x 3 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks label: verso of frame, upper right: [printed:] TO BE ATTACHED TO BACK OF FRAME. / Title, [handwritten:] John Lowell / [printed:] Name of Owner, [handwritten:] John Lowell / [printed:] Residence, [handwritten:] Chestnut Hill, [illegible] / [printed:] Name of Artist, [handwritten:] Gilbert Stuart / [printed:] Value, [handwritten:] $2,500 Provenance Recorded Ownership History John Lowell (1769-1840), to his son, John Amory Lowell (1798-1881), to his son, Judge John Lowell (1824-1897), to his son, John Lowell., Esq.; to his son, Ralph Lowell (1890-1978). Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the Estate of Ralph Lowell, 1978 Object Number H648 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 Lawrence Park, Gilbert Stuart: An lllustrated Descriptive List of His Works, vol. I - IV, W. E. Rudge (New York, NY, 1926), vol. I, pp. 491-92, no. 509; vol. II, ill. p. 304 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. 252, cat. 1350 Diana L. Eck, Hanging Around Lowell House: The Portraits of Lowell House, brochure (Cambridge, MA, 2012), p. 2, 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. 33, 194, 461, cat. 428, 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
