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Painting (Portrait)
Grace Peel (Mrs. Parr)
Benjamin West
1757-1758
Category
Paintings
Creator/Artist/Maker
Benjamin West (Artist)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
- Wood
- Gesso
- Gilt
Museum Object Number
2003.0063 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle
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Object Number
2003.0063 A, B
Object Name
Painting (Portrait)
Title
Grace Peel (Mrs. Parr)
Category
Paintings
Creator (Role)
Benjamin West (Artist)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1757-1758
Subject(s)
- Portrait
Materials
- Oil paint
- Canvas
- Wood
- Gesso
- Gilt
Techniques
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
51.87 (H) x 43 (W) x 2.75 (D) x 45.25 (Image H) x 36.25 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
131.76 (H) x 109.2 (W) x 6.99 (D) x 114.93 (Image H) x 92.07 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H, W, and D of frame. H at left. W at bottom. D at upper left corner. Image H and W of painting. H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Verplanck, Anne. 10//2006 "Acquiring and Researching Portraits" (A Winterthur Primer. column: ). Antiques and Fine Art. 7 (No. 3 (Autumn/Winter 06)): 238-39.
• Published: p. 239, fig. 2Book: Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• Published: p. xiv, fig. 4 and p. 228, fig. 4