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Painter:
Elliott, Charles Loring 1812-1868  Search this
Subject:
Lester, Charles Edwards  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Detroit Institute of Arts 5200 Woodward Avenue Detroit Michigan 48202 Accession Number: 55.178
Date:
1846 or 1847/1848
Notes:
"American paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts; volume 1: Works by artists born by 1816," New York : Hudson Hills Press, 1991, no. 36.
"Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts; a checklist of the paintings acquired before June 1965," Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1965.
Summary:
Bust portrait of Charles Edwards Lester (1815-1890) wearing a dark blue coat with brass buttons.
Topic:
Portrait male--Bust  Search this
Occupation--Political--Diplomat  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Author  Search this
Control number:
IAP 24150268
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_273101