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In the Laboratory, (painting). Artist:  Alexander, Henry, 1860-1894, painter. Title:  In the Laboratory, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1885-1887. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm). Inscription:  (Lower right:) HENRY ALEXANDER signed Description:  A portrait of chemist and assayer Thomas Price (1837-1912) seated in his laboratory at work on an experiment, his attention directed toward a beaker in front of him. The narrow laboratory is equipped with cabinets and shelves lined with a variety of scientific instruments, as well as glass test tubes and beakers filled with brightly colored liquids. Price is seen in almost profile, seated at a laboratory table against a wall of windows. The What Cheer House, a popular hotel that was located across the street, is visible through the window at the end of the laboratory. Subject:  Portrait male -- Price, Thomas -- Waist length Dress -- Accessory -- Eye wear Occupation -- Science -- Chemist Architecture interior -- Science -- Laboratory Architecture interior -- Detail -- Window Architecture exterior -- Commericial -- What Cheer House Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 39.46 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Alexander, Henry, San Francisco, California until 1894. Alexander, James & Rae, San Francisco, California 1894-1937. S. & G. Gump, San Francisco, California 1937-1939. References:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 371. Illustration:  Image on file. Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 371. 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 36120264   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 36120264 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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