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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
Benjamin Henry Day, 10 Apr 1810 - 21 Dec 1889
Date
c. 1850
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
106.7cm x 91.4cm (42" x 36")
Topic
Interior
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Printed Material\Document
Printed Material\Newspaper
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Architecture\Window
Architecture\Column
Benjamin Henry Day: Male
Benjamin Henry Day: Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher
Benjamin Henry Day: Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher
Benjamin Henry Day: Journalism and Media\Newspaper editor
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Wilhelmine Day Blower
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.96.48
Provenance
Estate of Katharine B. Day, daughter of Clarence S. Day; through her daughter [and executor] Wilhelmine Blower; gift to NPG 1996
According to the Frick Art Reference Library descended in family of sitter.
