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Self Portrait (William Russell Birch)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The Fink miniature catalog describes this as a bust-length, three-quarter right self-portrait of William Russell Birch. However, a note in the file of a now lost inscription on the back of the frame gives the date of the portrait as 1835, the year after Birch died. In addition the inscription is ambigious. It could be read as suggesting that the portrait was a gift from the artist to his daughter, or that the portrait was painted by Louisa Birch "from her father."
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Augustin R. Peale, Jr., Philadelphia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 6/8/1964 | Treatment | other |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H excluding frame: 2 5/8 x W: 2 in. (6.67 x 5.08 cm); Framed H: 5 x W: 4 1/4 in. (12.7 x 10.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, in memory of Abraham Jay Fink, 1963
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
38.446