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William Merchant Richardson (1774-1838) Chief Justice of New Hampshire, (painting). Artist:  Troccoli, Giovanni B., 1882-1940, painter. Bancroft, Milton Herbert, 1866/67-1947, painter. (copy after) Title:  William Merchant Richardson (1774-1838) Chief Justice of New Hampshire, (painting). Dates:  1916. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  32 x 25 in. (81.3 x 63.5 cm). Inscription:  (On front:) G. B. Troccoli 1916 signed Description:  Portrait of William Merchant Richardson. He is seated and writing with a quill pen. There is a curtain and a column behind him and a landscape in the far background. Subject:  Portrait male -- Richardson, William Merchant Occupation -- Law -- Chief Justice Object -- Other -- Writing Tool Recreation -- Leisure -- Writing Object Type:  Copy Painting Owner:  Administered by National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., Washington, District of Columbia 20036 Accession Number: NT-73.45.2(72) Located Chesterwood, 4 Williamsville Road, P. O. Box 827, Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262 Provenance:  Bequest of Cresson, Margaret French, estate of, Remarks:  William Merchant Richardson (1774-1838) was Chief Justice of New Hampshire. The painting is a copy after a 1905 work by Milton Herbert Bancroft which hangs in the State House in Concord, New Hampshire. The copy was made for Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt Fitzsimons and was loaned to Margaret French Cresson by Mrs. Fitzsimon's son, William H. Vanderbilt of Williamstown, Massachusetts. References:  National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1974. Chesterwood, 1992. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 08690093   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 08690093 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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