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Gift of Alice Welles, 1933.1.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Charles Brainerd
Gift of Alice Welles, 1933.1.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Charles Brainerd

SubjectPortrait of Charles Brainerd American, 1786- 1850
MediumPainting; oil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 35 1/2 × 28 1/2in. (90.2 × 72.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Alice Welles
DescriptionHalf-length three-quarter view portrait of an older man with white hair. He is wearing a black jacket and white shirt and stock. In his right hand he holds a pair of spectacles, and in his left a piece of paper with handwriting on it.
Object number1933.1.1
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Commissioned by the Connecticut Historical Society, 1861.1.0, Connecticut Historical Society, N…
    Charles Hosmer
    1861
    Gift of Alice Welles, 1933.1.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
    Sarah Matilda Brainerd
    Gift of Alice Welles, 1933.21.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
    Mary Jane Goodwin Brainerd
    about 1840-1845
    Gift of Ferrari P. Ward, 1962.45.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Charles Alvord
    1916
    Gift of Mrs. Courtney Brown, 1974.19.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Ashbil Griswold
    probably 1846
    Gift of Helen Granberry, Mrs. Edgar Francis Waterman, 1950.2.1, Connecticut Historical Society,…
    Charles Smith
    Gift of Alice Welles, 1933.21.4, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
    Charles Noel Flagg
    1880
    Gift of Alice Welles, 1933.21.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
    Charles Noel Flagg
    1875
    Gift of the estate of Alice Gertrude Tuttle, 1941.2.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known…
    Charles Russell Loomis
    1882
    Gift of Beatrice Garvan, 1996.88.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyrig…
    Charles Noel Flagg
    1905