Captain Robert Welles IV
Dateabout 1914-1915
MediumPainting; oil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 36 × 25 1/2in. (91.4 × 64.8cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBequest of George Dudley Seymour
Object number1945.1.18
DescriptionOil portrait of Captain Robert Welles IV, attributed to Huc-Mazelet Luquiens. Welles is in profile, facing right. He is an elderly man of ruddy complexion, with rather long gray hair. He wears a buff vest and a reddish brown coat. The background is a dull dark oval on a darker square ground.
NotesGeorge Dudley Seymour's will states, "...portraits in oil of Captain Robert Wells IV and Abigail (Hurlbert) Wells of Newington, his wife (my great-great grandfather and grandmother), painted by Luquiens from old drawings in my possession, which were much praised by John Singer Sargent but never identified as to who did them from life. Captain Wells was a leading citizen and in the Old French War."Status
Not on view
Gideon Welles
