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Baron Graham, (painting). Artist:  Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815, painter. Title:  Baron Graham, (painting). Dates:  1804. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  57 x 46 3/4 in. (144.8 x 118.8 cm) Inscription:  (Center left, on base of column:) J S Copley. R A. pinx (On envelope in painting:) Mr:Baron Graham/London signed Description:  Three-quarter-length portrait of Sir Robert Graham wearing a scarlet judicial robe with ermine cuffs and coat. He is seated with his right arm resting on a table, on which is a letter addressed to "Mr: Baron Graham London." In the background is a green curtain and column. Subject:  Portrait male -- Graham, Robert, Sir -- Knee length Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat Dress -- Accessory -- Fur Object -- Written Matter -- Letter Object Type:  Painting Owner:  National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1942.4.1 (550) Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Graham, Robert, Sir, Smyth, George Henry, Sir, Colchester, Essex, England White, Thomas George Graham, Colchester, Essex, England Christie, Manson & Woods, London, England Mar. 23, 1878, no. 25. Amory, Charles, Mrs. (Martha Babcock Greene), Boston, Massachusetts Amory, Charles, Boston, Massachusetts Dexter, Franklin Gordon, Mrs. (Susan Greene Amory), Boston, Massachusetts Dexter, Gordon, Boston, Massachusetts Gift of Dexter, Gordon, Mrs. (Isabella Hunnewell), 1942. References:  Miles, Ellen G., "American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1995. National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990. "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970. Prown, Jules David. "John Singleton Copley," Cambridge, MA: Published for the National Gallery of Art, Washington [by] Harvard University Press, 1966, fig. 653. Illustration:  Miles, Ellen G., "American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1995, pg. 89. "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970, pg. 45. 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 08600417   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 08600417 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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