Object Number 1960.0582

Object Name

Painting (Portrait)

Title

Captain John Purves and His Wife, Eliza Anne Pritchard

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Henry Benbridge (Artist)
10/20/1743-01/25/1812
References: Robert G. Stewart, Henry Benbridge (1743-1812): American Portrait Painter (Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, 1971); Henry Benbridge (1743-1812): Charleston Portrait Painter (Charleston: Gibbes Museum of Art, 2000).

Place of Origin

Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, South, United States, North America

Date

1775-1777

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

40.1 (H) , 50.35 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

101.8 (H) , 127.9 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published as fig. 26, pp. 113-4.
[Book] Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published as cat. no. 34, pp. 62-63.
[Book] Mack, Angela D. & McInnis, Maurie D. 2000 Henry Benbridge: Charleston Portrait Painter (1743-1812).
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[Article] Sweeney, John A. H. 11//1971 Paintings in the Winterthur Collection. Antiques. 100 (5): 758-767.
• Published as fig. no. 2, p. 759.
[Book] Heyrman, Christine Leigh, et al. 2014 US: A Narrative History, Volume 1: To 1877. 1.
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[Book] Heyrman, Christine Leigh, et al. 2013 Experience History: Interpreting America's Past.
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