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Portrait of David Baldwin, (painting). Artist:  Earl, Ralph, 1751-1801, painter. Steward, Joseph, 1753-1822, painter. (formerly attribued to) Title:  Portrait of David Baldwin, (painting). Dates:  1790. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  56 3/4 x 61 7/8 in. (144.0 x 157.2 cm) Inscription:  (On reverse, upper left, in black:) Portrait of/David Baldwin/Painted April 1790--Age 32/years +/1 Month unsigned Description:  Full-length portrait of David Baldwin seated in a red chair with his left hand on his hip and his right hand holding a book on a writing desk at his side. He wears a checkered waistcoat and green coat. Shelves of books are on a bookcase above the desk and many papers are on the small shelves in the desk, along with a quill pen. Subject:  Portrait male -- Baldwin, David -- Full length Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Furniture -- Desk Object Type:  Painting Owner:  High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309 Accession Number: 1985.221 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Baldwin, David, Jewett, Flora Baldwin, Rochester, New York Jewett, David B., Rochester, New York Jewett, David B., Dr., Rochester, New York Jewett, David Baldwin, Rochester, New York by 1972. Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New York by 1976. Sotheby's, New York New York Sale 4479M (Nov. 21, 1980), lot 34. Anonymous collection, England Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts by 1982. Acquired 1985. Remarks:  David Baldwin (b. 1758) was a merchant in Newton, Connecticut. References:  "American Paintings at the High Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1994, no. 4. Antiques, January 1976. Illustration:  Image on file. "American Paintings at the High Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1994, pg. 23. Antiques, Jan., 1976 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 10540148   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 10540148 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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