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Habersham, Richard West,
Portrait male -- Baber, Edward Ambrose
Occupation -- Medicine
Occupation -- Political
Landscape
Painting
Dr. Edward Ambrose Baber (1793-1841), (painting).
Artist:
Habersham, Richard West, painter.
Title:
Dr. Edward Ambrose Baber (1793-1841), (painting).
Dates:
1824.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
40 x 34 in.
Description:
Seated portrait of Edward Ambrose Baber, his body turned to the left, his head turned to face the viewer. He is seated in a red upholstered chair in front of drapery, which is pulled back slightly to reveal a landscape depicting farmland. He wears a black cut-away jacket with a cream-colored vest and a white shirt.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Baber, Edward Ambrose -- Waist length
Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor
Occupation -- Political -- State Senator
Landscape
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
On loan to Christ Episcopal Church, 582 Walnut Street, Macon, Georgia 31201
Lent by National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, Georgia, 329 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401
Remarks:
Edward Ambrose Baber was born in Buckingham County, Virginia on Sept. 12, 1793. He was educated in Virginia. His home on Walnut Street was built in 1829. He was elected state senator five times and was able to pass a bill that would charter the Central Railroad and Banking Company. He was one of the first two wardens of Christ Episcopal Church.
References:
National Society of Colonial Dames, Georgia, 2005.
Illustration:
Image on file.
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 73390112
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