Painting
- Title:
- John Sullivan
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1972.030
- Creator:
- Pelham, Henry (1749-1806)
Artist - Date:
- 1770-1775
- Description:
- Miniature portrait of Gen. John Sullivan (1740-1795), attributed to Henry Pelham (1749-1806), c.1770. Watercolor on ivory. Bust-length oval portrait of a man, facing viewer. Sitter has brown hair, black eyebrows, and blue eyes. He is wearing a blue coat, white waistcoat, and white tied cravat. Brown background. Unsigned. Gilded metal oval case with woven hair reverse, glazed.
- Material:
- Skeletal
Ivory
Metal
Glass - Dimensions:
- H-1.35 W-1.125 inches
- Provenance:
- NHHS purchased this miniature from Mrs. Larus who inherited it from her father, Mark Bortman of Newton Centre, MA. He purchased it in 1946 from Ginsburg & Levy, who (apparently) acquired it from the Lawton Sale at Parke-Bernet, April 22, 1937.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Pelham, Henry, Sullivan, John (1740-1795)
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