William Pynchon
Date1893
MediumPainting; oil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 29 1/2 × 24in. (74.9 × 61cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the heirs of Dr. Thomas Ruggles Pynchon
DescriptionPortrait of William Pynchon by S. Ordway, copied from portrait at the Peabody Essex Museum that was painted in 1657. The quarter-length portrait depicts Pynchon as a man of 67. He has a brown mustache and goatee. He wears a black coat with buttons on both sides and a white turndown collar and skull cap. In the upper left corner is the Pynchon coat of arms. In the lower right corner is the following text: "Guil Pynchon. Armg. Effegies Delin. anno dom 1656 Aetat 67."
Object number1911.1.2
Inscribed"S. Ordway""March 23d 1893"
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