Portrait of Erastus Fairbanks, (painting).

Portrait of Erastus Fairbanks, (painting).

Chaplin, Charles J., painter.

Portrait of Erastus Fairbanks, (painting).

45 1/2 x 35 in. (115.6 x 88.9 cm).

Portrait of Erastus Fairbanks seated with his body facing front, his gaze directed toward the viewer, his left hand resting in his lap, and his arm resting on his desk. In his right hand he holds a quill pen atop a letter. He wears a black jacket, vest and bow tie with a white shirt.

Portrait male -- Fairbanks, Erastus -- Waist length

Recreation -- Leisure -- Letter Reading & Writing

Object -- Written Matter -- Letter

Object -- Other -- Writing Tool

St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 1171 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, Vermont 05819

Gift of Stone, Arthur F. & Philip H.,

Coll. List (Typescript), ca. 1970.

Mitchell, Mark D., "The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum Handbook of the Art Collection," Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2005, pg. 98.

Mitchell, Mark D., "The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum Handbook of the Art Collection," Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2005, pg. 98.

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