Joseph Hurlbut Patten (1801-77), (painting).

Joseph Hurlbut Patten (1801-77), (painting).

Alexander, Francis, 1800-1880, painter.

Joseph Hurlbut Patten (1801-77), (painting).

Joseph H. Patten, (painting).

30 x 24 1/2 in. (76.2 x 62.2 cm).

Portrait male -- Patten, Joseph Hurlbut

Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer

Occupation -- Science -- Inventor

Redwood Library and Athenaeum, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island 02840

Gift of Patten, Joseph Hurlburt, Mrs. (Martha Nye Patten), 1890.

Gift of Mrs. Joseph Hurlburt Patten (Martha Nye Pattten), 1890.

Joseph Hurlburt Patten (1801-1881), a Newport native, graduated from Brown University in law (1819) and practiced in Newport and New York City. He was also an inventor and wrote scientific articles for Stillman's Journal in New Haven.

Old Time New England, Bulletin of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Oct-Dec., 1953.

National Society of Colonial Dames, Rhode Island, 1998.

Paintings and Drawings in Redwood Collection, unpublished checklist, 1997.

"American paintings from Newport, from the Redwood Library and other collections; [exhibition]," Wichita, KS: Kansas Art Museum, 1969, p.67.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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