H558: Ebenezer Storer (1722-1807)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

H558

People

Unidentified Artist
Ebenezer Storer (1722 - 1807)

Title

Ebenezer Storer (1722-1807)

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

19th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/305001

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Pastel and watercolor over photograph

Dimensions

sight: 22.7 x 18 cm (8 15/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
framed: 29.9 x 26 x 4.5 cm (11 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: encapsulated in mylar on back of painting: Ebeneza Storer/Class of 1747/Treasurer of Harvard College/1777 to 1807/died in Boston suddenly/January 6th, 1807./This portrait was painted/by Skipworth, a German artist,/in 1804./Presented to Harvard College/by his Great Grandson/Francis Storer Eaton

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Ebenezer and Hannah Storer; descent in family; to Francis Storer Eaton, great-grandson of the sitter; his gift to Harvard University, 1955.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Francis Storer Eaton, great grandson of sitter, to Harvard College, 1955

Object Number

H558

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Linda Ayres, Harvard Divided, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1976), p. 100, fig. 51, ill.

Exhibition History

• Harvard Divided, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/03/1976 - 10/10/1976

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