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Museum purchase, 1886.1.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Henry Barnard
Museum purchase, 1886.1.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Henry Barnard

Date1886
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 42 1/2 × 36in. (108 × 91.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionPortrait of Henry Barnard painted by Franklin Tuttle. Barnard is depicted as an older man with a long white beard and white hair. He is wearing a black coat and gray trousers. His right leg is crossed over his left, and he is holding books in his left hand. On the right is a table holding books, a globe, and a piece of statuary. In the background are bookcases. At left near the seat of the chair in which he is sitting are two large volumes.
Object number1886.1.0
On View
Not on view
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1788-1822
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1847
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Horace Bushnell
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James Bidwell Hosmer
1859 or 1861
1840.30.0 ©  The Connecticut Historical Society
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Robert Ewing
1994