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Portrait of Col. Benjamin Simonds (1726-1807)

Artist William Jennys (American ; 1773-1858)
Date1796
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 30 7/8 x 25 13/16 in. (78.5 x 65.5 cm)
frame: 35 7/16 x 30 1/2 in. (90 x 77.5 cm)
Classification(s)
  • PAINTING
Credit LinePurchased with College and Museum funds and with funds provided by an anonymous donor
Terms
  • male portrait
Object number79.2
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Catalogue raisonnéLamson, listed p.61.
Inscribedsigned & dated on verso (now covered): W. Jennys, pix't 1796
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceThe artist commissioned by Colonel Benjamin Simonds, 1796; bequeathed to Mrs. Polly Simonds Putnam, his daughter, 1807; probably to Mrs. Pharez Gould, her niece; descended to Edward Osbourne Gould (Class of 1867), her grandson; to Arthur L. Perry (Class of 1852), his friend; to Bliss Perry (Class of 1920), his son; to Mrs. Arthur Bliss Perry, 1978; to present collection, 1979
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