Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
C11.513 |
Title |
Portrait of William Rice |
Object Name |
Painting |
Description |
Three-quarter length portrait of a man with curly gray hair, wearing a black coat with white cravat; seated in an armchair, turned toward viewer with right and and arm in view; on cradled masonite; molded gilt frame with acanthus leaves in corners. On back: "Painted by Joseph G. Cole." |
Date |
1829 |
Year Range from |
1820 |
Year Range to |
1830 |
Artist |
Joseph Greenleaf Cole |
Dimensions |
H-35.25 W-27.375 inches |
Material |
Oil on canvas |
Place of Origin |
Portsmouth NH or Kittery ME |
Provenance |
Subject was the great-uncle of Arabella Rice, one of the founders of the Rice Library in Kittery, Me. Descended in Rice family. Given in memory of Storer Goodwin Decatur. |
People |
Rice, William, 1766-1851 Cole, Joseph Greenleaf, 1806-1858 Rice, Arabella, 1822-1872 Rice family |
Search Terms |
Rice Library (Kittery) |
Subjects |
Portrait Oils Paintings |