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Portrait of Elisha Kent Kane
Description:
Dimension:H:40.750in W:35.625in Framed
Creator:
Lambdin, James Reid
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Extended bust-length portrait with body turned slightly to the right, in front of a brown background. The subject has black hair, a black beard and moustache, brown eyes, and a rosy complexion. He wears a dark blue Navy uniform with six brass buttons, epaulettes, and a black cravat. Unsigned and undated.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Benjamin Rush
Description:
Dimension:H:61.000in W:51.000in Framed
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Three-quarter length portrait of a seated figure with body turned to the left, in front of an unfinished brown and tan background. The figure holds his head in his left hand and his right hand holds the pages of an open book. He has white, receding hair, brown eyes, and a rosy complexion. He wears a black coat with a white collar and bow, open at the throat. A pair of spectacles rests on his forehead. The figure is seated in a wooden armchair and in the lower left corner, against the chair, are three books and a portfolio, resting on a table. Unsigned and undated.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Caspar Wistar
Description:
Dimension:H:37.375in W:32.375in Framed
Contributor:
Otis, Bass, after
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Bust-length portrait with body turned slight to to the left and head facing forward, in front of brown, shaded background. Subject has shoulder-length, gray hair and brown eyes. He is wearing a dark-green coat with a white neckcollar. Unsigned and undated on front.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of John Lawrence Le Conte
Description:
Dimension:H:38.250in W:32.500in Framed
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Half-length seated figure, shown in profile against a tan and brown background. The sitter wears a black suit and waistcoat, a white shirt, a maroon tie run through a ring, and a gold watch chain. Signed: "H. Ulke" in lower right corner.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of William Williams Keen
Description:
Dimension:H:61.000in W:52.000in Framed
Creator:
Vonnoh, Robert William
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Three-quarter-length seated figure, right hand grasping chair arm, left elbow leaning on chair arm, left hand holding tassled mortar board in lap. The sitter wears a black suit and white collared shirt under scarlet academic robes. In his lapel is a red rosette. Behind the figure is the back of an armchair with red-brown upholstery (perhaps leather) and wooden arms. On the right margin is a bust of Benjamin Franklin on a brown pedestal. Signed: "Robt. Vonnoh 1912-c-" lower left corner.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Nathaniel Chapman
Description:
Dimension:H:39.000in W:36.000in Framed
Creator:
Waugh, Samuel Bell
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Half-length seated figure, turned left. He wears a black coat and waistcoat, and a white collar, neckcloth and ruffle, with gold spectacles pushed back onto forehead. Black-brown background.
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.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Francis Xavier Dercum
Description:
Dimension:H:46.125in W:38.313in Framed
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Half-length figure seated in armchair, head and body leaning forward, both hands showing; head bald with white hair at back, white moustache; blue eyes and rosy complexion. Suit and waistcoat are dull blue, waistcoat piped in white. Collar and shirt are white and cravat is red.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Isaac Minis Hays
Description:
Dimension:H:51.000in W:44.500in Framed
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Three-quarter-length seated figure, body turned right with three-quarter view of face. Left hand placed on arm of chair; right hand holds edge of page from a book on table next to the sitter. Bald head, white hair at back; beard and moustache. Black suit, waistcoat and cravat, white collar. Also on table are three glass containers with quill pens. Inscribed at top: "Lazar Raditz / 1917".
MUSEUM OBJECT
Alt. Title:
Portrait of Francis Xavier Dercum
Description:
Dimension:H:54.500in W:44.500in Framed
Creator:
Rittenberg, Henry R.
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Three-quarter length-view of seated figure, facing left, holding book in right hand, wearing academic robes and cord of Doctor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
MUSEUM OBJECT
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Portrait of Franklin Bache
Description:
Dimension:H:42.000in W:38.000in Framed
Creator:
Waugh, Samuel Bell
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Half-length figure, body turned slightly right. Sitter wears black coat, waistcoat, and bow tie, and a white shirt. Tan-gray background. Signed: "S. B. Waugh 1868" in lower right corner.