MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Miniature Portrait of Edward Shippen
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Dimension:H:8.250in W:7.125in Framed
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Portrait of figure, body turned to the right, head turned facing center. The subject has white hair, and wears a white shirt and cravat and a dark jacket.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of William Pepper
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Dimension:H:40.000in W:34.000in Framed
Creator:
Pettit, George Ward
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Half-length portrait, body turned right, hands holding book. Figure wears dark suit, waistcoat, and tie with fleur-de-lis pattern, white winged-collar shirt and pearl stickpin. Signed "G. W. Pettit" on lower left corner. Possibly after 1888 or 1898 photograph by Franz Meinen.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Samuel Vaughan
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Dimension:H:44.000in W:38.000in Framed
Creator:
Pine, Robert Edge
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Partial-profile, waist-length portrait of seated figure. Left arm is outstretched on table top and holds a pamphlet, entitled "Constitution of the United States of America" in script. Subject has gray hair, dark eyebrows, blue eyes, and a rosy complexion. He wears a red coat, white neckcloth and ruffle, and is seated in a green-painted Windsor armchair. In the lower left foreground is a stack of colorfully-bound books, whose readable titles include "Locke," "Price," "English Politics," and "American Phil trans." To the right of a large gray column in the center background of the painting is a large bas-relief profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin. A tree and the second- and third-story windows of a red-brick building are visible in the left background. Unsigned and undated.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Isaac Minis Hays
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Dimension:H:31.500in W:27.000in Framed
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Three-quarter length figure, body to his right with 3/4 view of face. Bald head, white hair at back with beard and moustache. Black suit, white collar and dark colored tie. Inscribed on upper left corner:
"To My Friend Minis Hayes MD/Lazar Raditz/ April 5th 1917."
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.
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Subject is seated with his left hand on a cane and his right hand raised. His mouth is partly open, as if in speech. He wears glasses, a tan plaid jacket and tan pants, a white shirt, and a dark tie with gold stripes and round seals at the ends. The setting is most likely the Boardroom of the APS Library. The background shows books bound in red leather with gilded embossing in a glass-fronted cabinet with wood painted green.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of George David Rosengarten
Description:
Dimension:H:51.000in W:38.000in Framed
Creator:
Schattenstein, Nikol
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Three-quarter length seated figure, elbows on arms of chair, right hand holding gray hat in lap. Wearing gray suit, white shirt, black tie. Seated on upholstered chair with wooden fram and arms. Blue background. Signed "Nikol Schattenstein NY" on lower left corner.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Owen J. Roberts
Description:
Dimension:H:46.250in W:38.500in Framed
Creator:
C. Gregory Stapko
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3/4 figure, seated, facing forward, in black robes. Hands folded in lap. Inscribed on reverse of canvas: "Copy by Stapko/from original/in the Supreme Court/after/A. Jonniaux."
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Miniature Portrait of Robert Walsh
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Dimension:H:8.250in W:6.500in Framed; height incl. decoration at top
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Half-length seated figure, head turned right, leaning on left hand, elbow on table. Wearing black coat, gold waistcoat, white scarf with bow. Corner of table and part of book visible in lower right corner. After 1814 portrait by Thomas Sully.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Thomas Sovereign Gates
Description:
Dimension:H:47.500in W:42.500in Framed
Creator:
Stoddard, Alice Kent
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Seated, half-length figure, body turned slightly right. Right hand leaning on table, left hand on back of chair. Subject wears academic robe, suit and waistcoat, shirt and tie. Green-brown background. Signed "A. K. Stoddard/ Copy '58" in lower left corner.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Joseph George Rosengarten
Description:
Dimension:H:39.250in W:34.250in Framed
Creator:
Story, Julian Russell
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Half-length seated figure, facing forward. Wearing black coat, wasitcoat, bow tie, and white collared shirt. In his left lapel is a red ribbon. Wooden frame of back of armchair visible, right forearm rests on wooden arm. Dark green background. Signed: "Julian Story 1909" in front upper right corner.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Self-Portrait of Thomas Sully
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Dimension:H:42.500in W:37.000in Framed
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Extended bust-length, frontal portrait with head turned slightly to the left, in front of a brown-gray background. The subject has graying, red-blonde hair, gray eyes, and a pale complexion. He wears a red-brown coat with a black collar, black stock, and a white shirt collar. Unsigned and undated on canvas front. Inscribed on reverse: "Thomas Sully Painted. / by Order of the, / Musical Fund. / Society. / TS 1867."
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of John Vaughan
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Dimension:H:40.250in W:35.000in Framed
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Bust-length portrait with body turned to the right and head turned slightly to the left. The subject has gray hair and a fair complexion. He wears a blue coat and waistcoat, white collar, neckcloth, and ruffle. In his right hand, he holds a book with the initials "APS" in the center of the cover. This volume rests on another book on a table, entitled "Library Catalogue" on the spine. A large red curtain and tassel is visible in the background, behind the figure. Signed "TS 1823" on the book cover in the lower left of the canvas.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Julian Parks Boyd
Description:
Dimension:H:38.500in W:34.250in Framed
Creator:
Abbot, Scaisbrooke Langhorne
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Three-quarter-length figure, seated facing forward in upholstered chair. Left arm rests on table covered with a green cloth. Right hand holds red book. Figure wears a two-piece suit with bow tie. Inscribed "S. L. Abbot 1983" on front lower right corner. Portrait based on photograph.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Isaac Jones Wistar
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Dimension:H:40.000in W:34.500in Framed
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Half-length figure, turned slightly right. Wearing black coat, waistcoat, bow cravat, and white shirt. Gray-brown background. Inscribed: "General I. J. Wistar at age of 59/B. Uhle pinxt." on back. Unsigned/undated on front.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Henry Allen Moe
Description:
Dimension:H:50.000in W:41.500in Framed
Creator:
Watkins, Franklin C.
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Seated figure turned right, in red academic robes for University of Oxford Doctor of Civil Laws. Figure holds pen in right hand and has papers sitting on desk. Inscribed "F. C. Watkins, 1966" on front, upper right.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder
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Dimension:H:19.250in W:17.000in Framed
Creator:
Krimmel, John L., attributed
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Half-length portrait of a standing figure, facing front. The subject's hands are crossed on a cane head and his right elbow rests on a book. Behind his right arm is a black hat. The subject has gray hair, brown eyes, and a fair complexion. He is wearing a tan-gray coat, a brown waistcoat with buttons, and a white collar, shirt, and neckcloth. In the left background is a large rock with a leafy vine growing up the right side. In the right background, behind the figure, is a landscape of hills and forest against a partly cloudy, blue sky. A bark-covered lodge and two Native American figures are depicted in the landscape foreground. Unsigned and undated.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Henry Charles Lea
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Dimension:H:69.000in W:54.000in Framed
Creator:
Breckenridge, Hugh Henry
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Near full-length seated figure, legs crossed, right hand on wooden arm of chair, left hand holding book. Wearing black coat, waistcoat, white shirt. Chair is upholstered red and decorated with ornate carved wooden coat of arms. Background of bookcases. Inscribed on back: "Copy by Hugh H. Breckenridge, 1910, of Portrait of/ Henry Charles Lea of Philadelphia/ Original by Robert Vonnoh, 1896."
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Edwin Grant Conklin
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Dimension:H:49.375in W:38.500in Framed
Creator:
Burnside, Cameron
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Three-quarter length seated figure, left hand on knee, right hand holding a book. Table with three books on top in front of right hand. Figure wears academic robes, white shirt, maroon tie, dark blue suit. Signed "Cameron Burnside 1941" on lower right corner.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of J. Peter Lesley
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Dimension:H:47.375in W:37.500in Framed
Creator:
Bush-Brown, Margaret Lesley
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Three-quarter length seated figure, body turned left, head facing forward. Wearing white summer suit, striped vest, white shirt, black four-in-hand tie. Seated on wooden chair with upholstered arms. Background of trees. Signed "M. Lesley Bush-Brown" on lower left corner.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of George Bacon Wood
Description:
Dimension:H:46.000in W:38.000in Framed
Creator:
Bush-Brown, Margaret Lesley
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Three-quarter length seated figure, head turned right, left arm leaning on red upholstered arm of chair. Wearing black coat, waistcoat, bow tie, white shirt. Brown-black background.