Engraving
- Title:
- Benjamin A. Kimball
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1958.013
- Creator:
- DeCamp, Joseph Rodefer (1858-1923)
Artist ; Cade, John J. (1852-1922)Engraver - Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- circa 1904
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Benjamin Ames Kimball (1833-1920), engraved by John J. Cade (1852-19 ) after a painting by Joseph Rodefer DeCamp (1858-1925), c. 1904. Engraving on paper. Three-quarter length portrait of a man sitting in profile to left. Sitter is bald with white hair and beard. Wearing black coat, black trousers, white shirt with turn-down collar and black tie. Hands folded on lap. Painting in background. Printed inscription below image: "From an Oil Painting by Joseph DeCamp. Engraved by J. J. Cade, New York." On image lower right corner: "Joseph / De Camp" ("s" is backward" in "Joseph"). Hand-written ink signature in lower margin: "Benjamin A. Kimball". Notation on backing paper, which has been typed onto white card: "Portrait by DeCamp painted in 1915 / Presented to Dartmouth College by B.A. Kimball in 1919 / Still hanging at Dartmouth College in 1959. / Statement at D.C. (Edward C.) Latham to P.N. Guyol 25th Oct.,1959." Molded wood frame, painted black; glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14.2 W-11 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of James C. Bingham
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