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Museum purchase, 1960.72.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Frederick Stiles Jewett
Museum purchase, 1960.72.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright

Frederick Stiles Jewett

Subject (American, 1819 - 1864)
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsOther (height x width): 14 1/2 × 12in. (36.8 × 30.5cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of Frederick Stiles Jewett attributed to William Prior Hart. Stiles is a young man with blonde hair, a reddish beard, and blue eyes. He is seated in a red Empire side chair with his left arm slung over the back and his hands clasped at lower right. He is wearing a black coat, black satin vest, a black bow tie, and a white, turned down collar. In the right background there is a column and green drapery. On the left is a landscape with hills, palm trees, and a glowing red sky.
Object number1960.72.1
On View
Not on view
Gift of Mark Haber, 1957.51.0  Photograph by David Stansbury  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical…
Frederick Stiles Jewett
1856
Gift of Elsie M. Miles, 1968.33.1  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2010 The Connecticut Histo…
Sally Stiles
1801
Museum purchase, 1985.47.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Alexander Hamilton Emmons
about 1847
Museum purchase, 1985.46.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Unknown
about 1853
Needlework Picture
Sally Stiles
about 1805
Gift of Elsie M. Miles, 1968.33.3a,b  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2009 The Connecticut Hi…
Sally Stiles
about 1805
Stiles family
about 1865-1875
Jug
Stiles family
early to mid 18th century
Gift of Adelbert Henry Stevens, 1931.2.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
Waldo & Jewett
1820-1830
Roundabout Chair
Unknown
1740-1780