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Painting (Portrait)
Benjamin Badger
Joseph Badger
1760-1762
Category
Paintings
Creator/Artist/Maker
Joseph Badger (Artist)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Museum Object Number
1956.0566 A
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1956.0566 A
Object Name
Painting (Portrait)
Title
Benjamin Badger
Category
Paintings
Creator (Role)
Joseph Badger (Artist)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Date
1760-1762
Subject(s)
- Portrait
- Animals
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
Techniques
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
30 (H) x 24.13 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
76.2 (H) x 61.3 (W)
Measurement Notes
H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.
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)
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.
Book: Nylander, Richard C. 1972 Joseph Badger, American Portrait Painter.
Book: Rebora, Carrie & Staiti, Paul J. 1995 John Singleton Copley in America.
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.
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/biographyBook: Grier, Katherine C. 2007 Pets in America: A History.