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John Beale Bordley (1727-1804)
17761 5/16 x 1 1/8 in. (3.3 x 2.9 cm)
Charles Willson Peale
United States (Queen Anne's Co, MD, 1741 - 1827, Philadelphia, PA)
Object Type:
Watercolor
Medium and Support:
Watercolor on ivory
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Eber
Accession Number:
1991.95
Location: Not currently on view
Bordley was a childhood friend of Peale and an early patron.
Provenance
Commissioned by the artist's close friend, John Beale Bordley (d. 1804); descended through the Bordley family; F. Sims McGrath, New York, NY, before 1954; Lester and Ellen Eber, Rochester, NY, 1991; their gift to the Gallery in 1991
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Artists' Artists: Man to Man Memorial Art Gallery 5/30/1997 - 8/17/1997
- Glorious Lessons: Americana from the Charles Allen Munn Collection 10/1/2004 - 3/13/2005
- Walter Goodman's The Printseller's Window: Solving a Painter's Puzzle Memorial Art Gallery 8/14/2009 - 11/8/2009
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Sellers, Charles Coleman. Article Title: Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale. Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society: Held at Philadephia for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Philadelphia, PA: The American Philosophical Society Volume Number: 42 Issue Date: 1952. Page Number: 3-274, Figure Number: 62, 405, p. 366
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