Portrait #921

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Colby, Henry Francis
  • Artist:Little, Eleanor Colby
  • Date Created:ca. 1900
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Image Dimensions:9" x 12" unframed
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  • Materials/Media:Pastel on board
  • Date Documented:1 October 2007
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Head and shoulders profile of older man, almost bald but with graying mutton-chop whiskers. Black shirt, white stand-up collar on shirt barely visible. Wearing pince-nez.
  • History:Painted by daughter, Eleanor Colby Little
  • Notes:Son of Gardner Colby for whom Colby College was anmed. Subject was minister of 1st Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio.