Portrait #253

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Berry, Will
  • Artist:Bowen, A.E.
  • Date Created:1895
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:18 x 14
  • Image Dimensions:17.5 x 12.5
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  • Materials/Media:watercolor on paper
  • Date Documented:12/10/2003
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Full length of a young boy with long auburn wavy hair that covers his shoulders. He is dressed reminiscent of Gainesborough's
  • History:There may a photographic image underlying this image. It was painted when the subject was aged 7-8.
  • Notes:Subject died of ptomaine poisoning at age 11 after ingesting bad food at the World's Fair. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Wells Berry.