Charles Timothy Brooks (1813-1883)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: H125
People: Sarah Hammond Palfrey, American (Boston, MA 1823 - 1914)
Charles Timothy Brooks (1813 - 1883)
Title: Charles Timothy Brooks (1813-1883)
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: c. 1878
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/310791

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

30.5 x 22.7 cm (12 x 8 15/16 in.)
framed: 44.5 x 36.8 x 5.1 cm (17 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso: This unfinished sketch of/Rev. Charles T. Brooks was painted/by Miss Sarah H. Palfrey, and/about 30 years later given by/her to the Harvard Divinity/Library. March 5, 1908.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Gift of the artist, Sarah H. Palfrey, to the Harvard Divinity School, 1908

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the artist, Sarah H. Palfrey, to the Harvard Divinity School, 1908
Object Number: H125
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), pp. 30-31

Verification Level

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