Study for "Reverend James Abercrombie", (painting).

Study for "Reverend James Abercrombie", (painting).

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872, painter.

Neagle, John, 1796-1865, painter. (formerly attributed to)

Study for "Reverend James Abercrombie", (painting).

Oil on paper mounted on canvas.

6 1/8 x 7 3/4 in. (15.6 x 19.7 cm)

Waist-length portrait sketch of James Abercrombie (1758-1841) seated with his left hand raised. He holds an open book in his right hand. A painting hangs on the wall behind him.

Portrait male -- Abercrombie, James -- Waist length

Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy

Object -- Written Matter -- Book

Object -- Art Object -- Painting

Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Accession Number: 06.21.3

Formerly in the collection of Rosenthal, Albert, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by 1906.

Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992.

Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992, pg. 446.

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