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Museum purchase, 1972.18.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Abner Newton
Museum purchase, 1972.18.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright

Abner Newton

PainterPainted by Unknown
Dateabout 1845
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 30 1/8 × 25 1/4in. (76.5 × 64.1cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionBust-length portrait by an unknown artist of Abner Newton. Newton has short, dark brown hair and is wearing a black jacket and bow tie and a white shirt with a high, stiff collar.
Object number1972.18.1
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Museum purchase, 1972.18.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Sarah Hall Newton
    Unknown
    about 1845
    Gift of Charles E. Brainard and F. Kelso Davis, 1970.25.8, Connecticut Historical Society, Copy…
    Newton Case Brainard
    Newton Case Brainard
    1963
    Gift of Sylvia Rogers Miller, 1974.46.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    David Munro Rogers
    Unknown
    Gift of Joseph R. Swan, 1974.64.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Abraham or James Davenport
    Unknown
    about 1840
    Gift of Elizabeth Yale Hall, 1973.11.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Ira Newell Yale
    Ira Newell Yale
    Gift of Margaret Scott Rochford, 1974.87.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Charles S. Banks
    Unknown
    Gift of Mrs. Aymas Ames,1967.52.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Edward Henry Perkins
    Unknown
    about 1860
    Gift of Gertrude Ensign, 1941.5.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright undeter…
    Sidney Ariel Ensign
    Unknown
    Gift of Mrs. Harlow D. Savage, Jr., 1993.92.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No kn…
    William Patten
    Unknown
    early 19th century
    Bequest of Chichester P. Weldon, 1988.68.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
    Captain Henry Hastings
    Unknown
    about 1860
    Gift of Mrs. Nelson Smith, 1989.87.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyr…
    John Olmsted
    Jared Bradley Flagg
    1840-1849
    Gift of Mrs. Edwin D. McCauley, 1975.2.0, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermine…
    Major General David Smith
    Unknown
    early 20th century
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