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Gift of the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, 1978.15.3, Connecticut Historical Soci…
Henry Alexander Smith
Gift of the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, 1978.15.3, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
As long as the painting was never published, it should be in the public domain as of 2007 (life of the author, who died in 1937, plus 70 years).

Henry Alexander Smith

Date1925
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 36 1/4 × 48in. (92.1 × 121.9cm)
Other (overall height x width): 41 1/4 × 53in. (104.8 × 134.6cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford
DescriptionPortrait of Henry Alexander Smith by artist Edwin Burrage Child. Smith is in his mid-50s. He has a receding hairline and is wearing a dark blue suit and vest with a gold watch chain showing. He is sitting at a desk with a vase of yellow flowers, books, and papers on it. He is holding a mechanical pencil.
Object number1978.15.3
On View
Not on view
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