H715: John Warren (1753-1815)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

H715

People

Rembrandt Peale, American (Bucks County, PA 1778 - 1860 Philadelphia, PA)
John Warren (1753 - 1815)

Title

John Warren (1753-1815)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1805-1815

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/305211

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

73.7 x 62.2 cm (29 x 24 1/2 in.)
framed: 98.4 x 88.3 x 11.1 cm (38 3/4 x 34 3/4 x 4 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Dr. John Warren, the sitter; to his son, Dr. John Collins Warren, 1815; to his son, Jonathan Mason Warren, 1856; to his son, Dr. John Collins Warren, 1867; to his son, Dr. John Warren, 1927; to his nephew Dr. Richard Warren, 1928; his gift to the Harvard Medical School, 1982.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Dr. Richard Warren to the Harvard Medical School, 1982

Object Number

H715

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Samuel Francis Batchelder, Bits of Harvard History, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1924), ill. p. 158
• 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. 441, cat. 2275
• Louise Todd Ambler, Early Science at Harvard: Innovators and Their Instruments, 1765 - 1865, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, December 1969-January 1970), pp. 42-43, 79, cat. 45, ill.
• Francis Daniels Moore, A Miracle and a Privilege: Recounting a Half Century of Surgical Advance, National Academy Press / Joseph Henry Press (Washington, D.C., 1995), pl. 6
• 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. 391, cat. 354, ill.

Exhibition History

• Early Science at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/18/1969 - 02/01/1970
• A Broad Foundation: Milestones of Medical Education at Harvard, 1783-2003, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 10/01/2003 - 06/30/2004

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