Object Number 1966.0018 A

Object Name

Painting (Portrait)

Title

Benjamin Ferris

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Miss Frances Canby Ferris

Creator (Role)

Bass Otis (Painter)
1784-1861

Place of Origin

Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin possibly Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Date

1830-1831

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Oil paint; Tinned sheet iron

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

11.6 (H) , 9.6 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

29.4 (H) , 24.5 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Woodward, Roland H., et al. 1976 Bass Otis: Painter, Portraitist and Engraver.
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[Book] Weekley, Carolyn J. 1999 The Kingdoms of Edward Hicks. 254 pp.
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[Article] Fairbanks, Jonathan L. 02/15/1965 "A Picture by Benjamin Ferris of the Second Friends Meeting House". Winterthur Newsletter. 11: 1-4.
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