Object Number 1989.0034

Object Name

Painting (Portrait)

Title

Dorothy Pleasants Briggs (Mrs. John Nicholas)

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Dorothy Carroll Lenk in memory of Dorothy Pleasants Harrison Carroll

Creator (Role)

John Durand (Artist)

Place of Origin

Virginia, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1775-1782

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

30.25 (H) , 25.25 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

76.83 (H) , 64.13 (W)

Measurement Notes

Image H at proper right stretcher. Image W at bottom stretcher.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Kelly, Franklin W. 11//1982 The Portraits of John Durand. Antiques. 122 (5): 1080-1087.
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[Thesis] Kessler, Barry. 1980 "A Descriptive and Analytical Catalogue of Paintings by John Durand". B.A. Yale University
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[Article] Lancaster, Robert A. 07//1936 "Wales, Dinwiddie County, Virginia". Virginia magazine of history and biography. 44 (3): pp. 232-237.
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[Article] 02/26/1818. Richmond Enquirer. page 3, column 5.
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[Book] Weddell, Alexander Wilbourne. 1930 A Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture.
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[Article] Weekley, Carolyn J. 11//1976 Artists working in the South, 1750-1820. Antiques. 110: 1046-8.
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