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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1934.65
People
Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Benjamin West, American (Springfield, PA 1738 - 1820 London, England)
Title
Charles James Fox
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1750-1850
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311400

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
88.6 x 67 cm (34 7/8 x 26 3/8 in.)
framed: 104.14 x 85.09 x 6.35 cm (41 x 33 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • plaque: lower frame: Charles James Fox / Benjamin West / 1738-1820

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The Louise E. Bettens Fund

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Louise E. Bettens Fund
Accession Year
1934
Object Number
1934.65
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Benjamin Franklin and His Circle, exh. cat., Plantin Press (New York, NY, 1936), pp. 19, 56, cat. 90
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), pp. 100, 140, cat. 19

Exhibition History

  • Benjamin Franklin and his Circle, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 05/11/1936 - 09/13/1936
  • The American Spirit in Portraiture, 1675 - 1900, Fogg Art Museum, 01/19/1951 - 02/24/1951

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