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John Perrin, Rev, (painting). Artist:  Unknown, painter. Title:  John Perrin, Rev, (painting). Dates:  Dec. 1835. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  31 1/8 x 26 1/8 in. (79.1 x 66.4 cm). Description:  Portrait of Methodist clergyman from Maine, Rev. John Perrin, seated at a table. His right hand holds a pen poised over a letter on the table that reads "It is an original offensive as well as defensive. With no other weapon than the gospel the Missionaries of the cross have caused the habitations of savage cruelty to be clothed with the weakness of the lamb. John Perrin. Four volumes of religious works. Decem. 1835." Several large books stand vertically on the table beside the letter. Subject:  Portrait male -- Perrin, John -- Waist length Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Object -- Written Matter -- Letter Object -- Written Matter -- Book Recreation -- Leisure -- Letter Reading & Writing Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, Massachusetts 01566 Accession Number: 20.1.9 Provenance:  Acquired from Burrows, W. L., Rockland, Massachusetts July 24, 1940. References:  Owner, 1974: Registration Records. Little, Nina Fletcher, "Country Art in New England 1790-1840," Sturbridge, MA: Old Sturbridge Village Booklet Series,1965 (second edition), pg. 16. Old Sturbridge Village, 1990. Illustration:  Image on file. Little, Nina Fletcher, "Country Art in New England 1790-1840," Sturbridge, MA: Old Sturbridge Village Booklet Series,1965 (second edition), pg. 16. 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 23090095   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 23090095 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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