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Gift of Mrs. Frederick K. Barbour, 1974.38.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undeter…
Frederick Barbour, Esq.
Gift of Mrs. Frederick K. Barbour, 1974.38.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined

Frederick Barbour, Esq.

Date1954
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 40 1/4 × 30 1/8in. (102.2 × 76.5cm)
Frame (height x width): 45 × 35 1/8in. (114.3 × 89.2cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Frederick K. Barbour
DescriptionPortrait of Frederick K. Barbour by Raymond P. R. Neilson. Barbour is seated in the outdoors. The background is a grassy terrain depicted in yellows, greens, and browns. Barbour is wearing a khaki colored bush or hunting outfit, and holds a rifle on his knees. Both hands are holding the rifle, one up on the barrel, the other by the trigger on the stock. He has gray wavy hair which has receded somewhat at the forehead. He has brown eyes and bushy eyebrows.
Object number1974.38.1
InscribedSigned, lower left: "Raymond P. R. Neilson. N. A. '54."

Upper back of canvas: "Frederick Barbour, Esq."
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