H649: John Amory Lowell (1798-1881)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

H649

People

Jacob H. Lazarus, American (New York, NY 1822 - 1891 New York, NY)
John Amory Lowell (1798 - 1881)

Title

John Amory Lowell (1798-1881)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1882

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/305018

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

81.3 x 68.6 cm (32 x 27 in.)
framed: 106.1 x 92.7 x 8.9 cm (41 3/4 x 36 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.l. JHLazarus/1882

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

By descent to Ralph Lowell, great-grandson of the sitter; his gift to Harvard University, 1978.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the Estate of Ralph Lowell, 1978

Object Number

H649

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Ferris Greenslet, The Lowells and Their Seven Worlds (Boston, MA, 1946), opp. 229
• Edward Weeks, The Lowells and Their Institute (Boston, MA, 1966), opp. 78
• Diana L. Eck, Hanging Around Lowell House: The Portraits of Lowell House, brochure (Cambridge, MA, 2012), p.3, 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. 334, cat. 297, ill.

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