2006.209: Portrait of a Man

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2006.209

People

Attributed to Joseph Dunkerley, American (active 1784-1787)
Previously attributed to William Verstille, American (Boston, MA 1755 - 1803 Boston, MA)
Previously attributed to Unknown Artist

Title

Portrait of a Man

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1785

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/317592

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor on ivory

Dimensions

2.1 x 1.6 cm (13/16 x 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Purchase from Angela Einstein, Cambridge, MA, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. J. Andrew Miller

Accession Year

2006

Object Number

2006.209

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• 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. 176, cat. 117, ill.

Exhibition History

• HAA 1 Survey Course: Landmarks of World Art and Architecture [Spring 2007], Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/26/2007 - 04/08/2007
• HAA 1 Survey Course (S421): Landmarks of World Art and Architecture [Spring 2009], Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/12/2009 - 05/10/2009

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