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Edwin Hall of Boston
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Head and shoulders portrait of Edwin Hall with brown, curly hair, wearing a dark blue coat, white shirt, and black neckcloth.
Charles Fraser was a painter of miniatures, portraits in oils, and landscapes. He spent most of his life in his native city of Charleston depicting its leading citizens. This miniature is not listed in his account book, nor being shown in the solo exhibition for Fraser held in 1857.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Herbert Lawton [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink Foundation, Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/15/1964 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 6/1/1964 | Treatment | other |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H excluding frame: 2 1/2 x W: 2 in. (6.35 x 5.08 cm); Framed H: 2 5/8 x W: 2 1/8 in. (6.67 x 5.4 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.
38.452