Painting (Portrait)

Museum Object Number 1958.2535

Object Name

Painting (Portrait)

Title

William Verstille

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

William Johnston (Artist)

Date of Birth

12/30/1732

Date of Death

08/14/1772

Place of Origin

Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut River Valley, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin probably Wethersfield.

Date

1763-1764

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas; Tulip poplar

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

35.4 (H) , 27.9 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

89.9 (H) , 70.8 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published as cat. no. 22, pp. 38-9.
[Book] Carbone, Teresa A. 2006 American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: Artists Born by 1876. 2.
• For additional information on the artist, see pp. 718-720.