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Gift of George Frederick Wright, 1854.1.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known …
Reverend Richard Mather
Gift of George Frederick Wright, 1854.1.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Reverend Richard Mather

PainterPainted by George Frederick Wright American, 1828 - 1881
Date1854
MediumOil on canvas, copy
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 30 × 25in. (76.2 × 63.5cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of George Frederick Wright
DescriptionPortrait painted in an oval on a rectangular canvas of an older man with a gray beard and mustache facing slightly right. He is wearing a black skull cap, black coat, and a white collar fastened at the neck with a cord with tassels tied in a bow. In his left hand, he holds a book; his right hand is held just above it.
Object number1854.1.0
NotesNotes in the object file state: "Copied from an original in 1854 by George F. Wright, the donor."
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    On deposit from the State of Connecticut, 1860.2.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, …
    Governor John Cotton Smith
    George Frederick Wright
    Gift of Mrs. Harriet Day Hansel, 1927.1.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known …
    William Hungerford
    George Frederick Wright
    about 1873
    Museum purchase, 2022.55.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Photo courtesy of Kevin J. Tulimier…
    John S. Peters
    Governor John S. Peters
    1829
    Gift of Alice Welles, 1933.21.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
    Mary Brainerd Clark
    George Frederick Wright
    about 1864
    Gift of General Samuel L. Pitkin, 1844.1.2 Photograph by David Stansbury. © 2012 The Connecti…
    Reverend Increase Mather
    John Cotton
    Son of Temperance.
    Son of Temperance.
    Kelloggs & Comstock
    1848-1850
    Sons of Temperance.
    Sons of Temperance.
    Elijah Chapman Kellogg
    1850-1851
    Sons of Temperance.
    Sons of Temperance.
    Elijah Chapman Kellogg
    1850-1851
    Purse
    Purse
    Unknown
    about 1840-1875
    Purse
    Purse
    Unknown
    about 1850-1880
    Gift of Mrs. Thomas L. Archibald, 1980.36.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Julia Ann Hills Forbes
    Julia Ann Hills Forbes
    before 1858
    Gift of the heirs of Dr. Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, 1911.1.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and Hi…
    Dr. Thomas Ruggles Pynchon
    Unknown
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