Rev. George Whitefield.
Date1830-1840
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 7/16 x 7 15/16in. (24 x 20.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 7/8 x 9 1/8in. (30.2 x 23.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 7/8 x 9 1/8in. (30.2 x 23.2cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a man wearing clerical vestments. He stands with upraised arms before a table, probably an altar table, on which there is an open book, probably a Bible. A window with pointed arches is dimly visible in the right background.
Object number1973.83.4
InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "REV. GEORGE WHITEFIELD." On verso, inscribed in pencil: upper right, "3093C 2.50"; lower right, "Consv CPC 1987" "Dwr 6", and accession number.NotesSource Note: The composition exactly duplicates a painting by Nathaniel Hone, which the Kelloggs may have known through the intermediary of a mezzotint by John Greenwood, or from another print source. (Finlay 8/4/2006)
Collections
- Kellogg Brothers Lithographs
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