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Josiah Henry Benton (1843-1917), (painting). Artist:  Page, Walter Gilman, 1862-1934, painter. Title:  Josiah Henry Benton (1843-1917), (painting). Dates:  1918. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  34 1/4 x 26 1/4 in. (80.5 x 60.5 cm). Inscription:  (Lower right:) Walter Gilman Page/1918 signed Description:  Seated portrait of Josiah Henry Benton with his left hand resting in his trouser pocket and his right arm resting on a desk, his right hand holding a piece of paper. Subject:  Portrait male -- Benton, Josiah Henry -- Knee length Occupation -- Other -- Businessman Object -- Written Matter -- Paper Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Massachusetts State House, Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts 02133 Accession Number: A.D.U. 9 Remarks:  President of the Board of Trustees, Boston Public Library 1908-1917; Trustee, State Library 1909-1913. Portrait was painted from a photograph. Painting was given to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, perhaps by the artist ca. 1922. References:  Massachusetts Art Commission, "Art in the Massachusetts State House," 1986. Illustration:  Massachusetts Art Commission, "Art in the Massachusetts State House," 1986, pg. 29. 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 20550008   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 20550008 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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