Portrait #31

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Baxter, James Sharpe
  • Artist:Dury, George
  • Date Created:ca. 1875
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:58 x 44
  • Image Dimensions:52 x 38
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  • Materials/Media:oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:6/11/2003
  • Condition:Fair
  • Description:Full frontal of a young boy standing beside a white hobby horse. He holds a hat in his left hand. Interior background features a red drape on the right side of the frame.
  • History:This was probably a posthumous portrait.
  • Notes:Sitter was son of Nathaniel Baxter Jr. and Laura Sharpe Baxter. He died on 9/27/1875 at the age of 2 years, 6 months, and 14 days. Canvas has some surface abrasions and needs to be cleaned.