Walter Phelps
PainterPainted by
Unknown
PainterAttributed to
Waldo & Jewett
American, 1820 - 1854
Dateabout 1820
MediumPainting; oil on panel in frame
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 30 × 24 1/2in. (76.2 × 62.2cm)
Frame (height x with): 39 1/8 × 33in. (99.4 × 83.8cm)
Frame (height x with): 39 1/8 × 33in. (99.4 × 83.8cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBequeathed by Walter Phelps Warren
DescriptionQuarter-length portrait of Walter Phelps by an unknown artist in the style of Henry Inman. Phelps, facing half left, is a young man with dark hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a black jacket and a white cravat.
Object number1985.51.1
MarkingsLabel on back of frame: "Frame for portrait of / Walter Phelps / Property of / Walter Phelps Warren / 955 Lexington Ave. / New York, N.Y. 10021 / May 5, 1971"NotesConstituent note: When this painting was surveyed by WACC for conservation, Michael Heslip identified it as one of several that may have been done by Waldo & Jewett, based on "both style of treatment and the appearance of the textured ground."On View
Not on view
Russell Cheney
Unknown
