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Ambrose Bierce, (painting). Artist:  Partington, John H. E., 1853-1899, painter. Title:  Ambrose Bierce, (painting). Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  Sight: 49 1/4 x 39 1/2 in. Inscription:  signed Description:  The subject is standing. His proper right hand is in his pocket, and his proper left arm is resting on a high piece of furniture. A skull is also on the furniture, at right. Subject:  Portrait male -- Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett -- Knee length Occupation -- Writer -- Author Figure -- Fragment -- Skull Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, California 91108 Accession Number: 60.10 Provenance:  Gift of Weiss, Henry E., 1960. References:  "The Huntington Art Collections: A Handbook," San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1986. Huntington Library, 1972. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, collection printout 2008. Illustration:  Image on file. "The Huntington Art Collections: A Handbook," San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1986, pg. 157. 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 04550029   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 04550029 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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