Paintings
Portrait of Henry Sayward
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- Date
- 1820
- Accession number
- L2015.41.167
- Maker
- John Brewster, Jr.(Opens in new tab) (American, 1766–1854)
- Dimensions
- frame: 24 x 20 1/2 x 1 in. (61 x 52.1 x 2.5 cm.) frame opening: 20 × 16 1/2 in. (50.8 × 41.9 cm.)
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Description
- The subject of this portrait is a young boy named Henry Sayward, is from a large and distinguished family in Alfred in the area around York, Maine. He appears to be between 3 to 5 years of age; painted half length and turned just slightly to the side. He wears a simple brown dress-shirt with a tightly pleated collar.
- Credit
- Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection
