Painting
- Title:
- John Bradley
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1958.042
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1815
- Description:
- Portrait of John Bradley (1743-1815), unknown artist, 1815. Oil on canvas. Two-sided portrait of John Bradley. Side One: Bust-length portrait of a man with head turned slightly left; sitter has bald head with gray hair at sides and blue eyes; wearing white cravat, black coat, and waistcoat; background appears unfinished and crudely painted with green, black, brown, and a pinkish tan. Side Two: Bust-length portrait of a man, facing slightly left; sitter has gray receding hair and blue eyes; he is wearing a white cravat and black coat and waistcoat; dark gray or black background. Canvas cut down and removed from support. Unsigned. Unframed.
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- H-25.9 W-14.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Letter in accession folder from Margaret H. Jewell states, "These portraits of John Bradley taken after death have always been in the Old Barrow house in Fryeburg Maine built about 1818." Jewell's third cousin, Mrs. Georgiana Barrows Steadman of Fryeburg, Maine, is credited with the gift.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Georgiana Barrows Steadman
- Subjects:
- Death, Death portraits, Portrait paintings
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