H243: John Knowles Paine (1839-1906)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

H243

People

Caroline A. Cranch, American (Fishkill Landing, NY 1853 - 1931)
John Knowles Paine (1839 - 1906)

Title

John Knowles Paine (1839-1906)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1885-1890

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/312339

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

46.3 x 39.1 cm (18 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.)
framed: 26.8 x 23.8 x 11.4 cm (10 9/16 x 9 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Cranch

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Bequest of Mrs. Mary E. Paine to Harvard College, 1920

Object Number

H243

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), p. 103
• "Homage to John Knowles Paine", Harvard Magazine, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, January 1976), ill. p. 16D
• "Vita: Paine", Harvard Magazine (Cambridge, MA, May-June 2000), pp. 42-43, pp. 42-43
• Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 78-79, cat. 47, ill. p. 79

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