Painting
- Title:
- Robert Means
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2018.002.01
- Creator:
- Belknap, Zedekiah (1781-1858)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Amherst, NH
- Date:
- circa 1815
- Description:
- Portrait of Robert Means (1742-1823) of Amherst, NH, attributed to Zedekiah Belknap (1781-1858), c. 1815. Oil on canvas. Bust-length, subject facing right. Older man with white hair tied in back with black ribbon; white shirt and cravat tied with bow, black suit and vest. column behind sitter on right side and red curtain background. In original thin profile water-gilded cove molding frame.
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- H-30.4 W-24.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by the donor, Anne Felton Spencer (1925-2019), at an auction of the estate of descendant Elinor Haven Means, Middlebury, VT, September 1977.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Anne Felton Spencer
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