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Artist
James Henry Beard, 1811/2 - 1893
Sitter
Lyman Beecher, 12 Oct 1775 - 10 Jan 1863
Date
1842
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.2cm x 63.5cm (30" x 25"), Accurate
Topic
Lyman Beecher: Male
Lyman Beecher: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Pastor
Lyman Beecher: Religion and Spirituality\Theologian
Lyman Beecher: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Minister
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Fredson Bowers
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.75.5
Provenance
The sitter; his daughter Mary Foote [Beecher] Perkins; her daughter Emily Baldwin Perkins [Mrs. Edward Everett Hale]; her son Arthur Hale, 1909; his granddaughter Elsa Diederich Noble [Mrs. William H. Noble]; given in 1971 to her cousin Nancy Hale Bowers [Mrs. Fredson Bowers], Charlottesville, Va.; gift 1975 to NPG
Letter from the donor to Robert G. Stewart, May 17, 1975, which Stewart discerned as above.
