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Gift of Frederick Spencer Clark, 1918.1.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known …
Seth Howard Clark
Gift of Frederick Spencer Clark, 1918.1.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Seth Howard Clark

Subject (American, 1814 - 1888)
Dateabout 1834
MediumPainting; oil on panel
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 24 × 18 3/4in. (61 × 47.6cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Frederick Spencer Clark
DescriptionPortrait of Seth Howard Clark as a young man of about twenty years of age. He has brown hair and sideburns. His head is resting on his hand, and his elbow is resting on a table. He is wearing a black coat, a white collar and shirt, and a broad black tie.
Object number1918.1.0
NotesConstituent note: Object file states that the portrait is "believed to have been painted by a local artist when the subject was about twenty years of age, dating it c. 1834."
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