Portrait of Jabez Bowen
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 8 × 9 15/16in. (20.3 × 25.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Martha Dewing
DescriptionBlack and white mounted photograph of John Singleton Copley’s undated oil painting, “Portrait of Jabez Bowen.” The photograph provides a black and white view of Copley’s half-length, seated portrait of Jabez Bowen, Sr. (1739-1815). Bowman is depicted possibly in his military uniform having served as a militia colonel in the American Revolution. There is a 5 cent stamp affixed to the reverse of the mount.
Object number2015.173.162
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on back: "Portrait of a Bowen Ancestor/ by Copley"Subject Terms
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James Sidney Brainard
Charles Cheney