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Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, 1985.237.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture…
General Henry Champion
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, 1985.237.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

General Henry Champion

SubjectPortrait of General Henry Champion American, 1751 - 1836
Date1840-1844
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 20 1/8 × 16in. (51.1 × 40.6cm)
Frame (height x width): 29 1/4 × 25 1/4in. (74.3 × 64.1cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionFramed portrait painting of Henry Champion by Henry Bryant, after a work by Simon Fitch. Champion is depicted in older age; he has white hair that is short on the top and longer at the sides. He is wearing a black jacket, vest, and breeches, and a white cravat. He is seated at a table, his right arm rest on top of a map of his land that is sitting on the tabletop.
Object number1985.237.0
On View
Not on view
Gift of Elizabeth Alden Steele and Deborah Champion Steele Geier, 1981.37.1  Photograph by Davi…
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