Object Number 1956.0566 A

Object Name

Painting (Portrait)

Title

Benjamin Badger

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Joseph Badger (Artist)
1708-1765

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1760-1762

Subjects

Portrait; Animals

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

30 (H) , 24.13 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

76.2 (H) , 61.3 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published on p. 37.
[Article] Park, Lawrence. 01//1923 "Joseph Badger of Boston, and his Portraits of Children,". Olde Time New England Journal. 13 (3)
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[Book] Bayley, Frank W. 1929 Five Colonial Artists of New England.
• Illustrated as pl. 11.
[Article] Warren, Phelps. 11//1980 Badger family portraits. Antiques. 118 (5): 1043-1047.
• Published on p. 1043.
[Book] Calvert, Karin. 1992 Children in the House: The Material Culture of Early Childhood, 1600-1900.
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[Book] Nylander, Richard C. 1972 Joseph Badger, American Portrait Painter.
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[Book] Rebora, Carrie & Staiti, Paul J. 1995 John Singleton Copley in America.
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[Book] Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published as cat. no. 20, pp. 34-5.
[Book] Saunders, Richard H. & Miles, Ellen G. 1987 American Colonial Portraits: 1700-1776.
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[Electronic] Worcester Art Museum, "Early American Paintings". Worcester Art Museum 08//2005 http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/Early_American/Artists
• http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/Early_American/Artists/badger/biography
[Book] Grier, Katherine C. 2007 Pets in America: A History.
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