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Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren, 1985.51.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
Walter Phelps
Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren, 1985.51.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright

Walter Phelps

Painter
Painter (American, 1820 - 1854)
Dateabout 1820
MediumPainting; oil on panel in frame
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 30 × 24 1/2in. (76.2 × 62.2cm) Frame (height x with): 39 1/8 × 33in. (99.4 × 83.8cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBequeathed by Walter Phelps Warren
Object number1985.51.1
DescriptionQuarter-length portrait of Walter Phelps by an unknown artist in the style of Henry Inman. Phelps, facing half left, is a young man with dark hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a black jacket and a white cravat.
NotesConstituent note: When this painting was surveyed by WACC for conservation, Michael Heslip identified it as one of several that may have been done by Waldo & Jewett, based on "both style of treatment and the appearance of the textured ground."
Status
Not on view
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