Painting
- Title:
- Benjamin B. Burchsted
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa1830
- Material:
- Oil on canvas glued to panel
- Dimensions:
- H-24 W-18 D-10.5 inches
Sight - Description:
- Bust-length portrait of sandy-haired man wearing buff waistcoat and blue coat with brass buttons; black stock; gold stick pin with red stone. Attached to back is a copy of the old paper label which was removed before conservation identifying subject and donor; written in pencil on frame "Twombley [--] Webster".
- Provenance:
- By family tradition painted on board the USS Java, 1830. Burchsted (1781-1833) was a Navy sailmaker at Portsmouth and on board Navy ships, among them the Constitiution.
- Place of Origin:
- Mediterranean
- Collection Name:
- Art Artifacts Collection
- Item Number:
- C08.507
- Accession Number:
- C08.507
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
- For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the Portsmouth Athenaeum
- Credit Line:
- Portsmouth Athenaeum
- Participating Organization:
- Portsmouth Athenaeum
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