Samuel Belcher
SubjectPortrait of
Colonel Samuel Belcher
American, 1779 - 1849
Dateabout 1839
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 30 × 25 3/8in. (76.2 × 64.5cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Sarah E. Davis
DescriptionPortrait of Samuel Belcher painted by George Whiting Flagg. Belcher is pictured as a gray-haired older man. He is facing slightly right. He is wearing a black suit, a white shirt with a winged collar, and a black tie. His left arm is resting on the arm of a red chair, and he is holding a cane in his hand. The portrait is framed in a simple gilt frame.
Object number1898.2.0
InscribedOn back of canvas: "Portrait of / Col Samuel Belcher / Born 1779 / Died Aug 29, 1849 / Painted by / George W. Flagg / about the Year 1839 / Restored by / Ellen Earle Flagg 1898"Subject Terms
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Colonel Vincent Meigs Wilcox