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Samuel Wells Williams (1812-1884), (painting). Artist:  Weir, John Ferguson, 1841-1926, painter. Title:  Samuel Wells Williams (1812-1884), (painting). Dates:  ca. 1880. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  86.4 x 68.6 cm. Inscription:  (Upper right:) Jno. F. Weir signed Description:  Three-quarter-length standing portrait of Samuel Wells Williams holding open a book in his right hand. He has a beard and mustache and wears eyeglasses. A table with papers and an urn is at left. Subject:  Portrait male -- Williams, Samuel Wells -- Knee length Object -- Written Matter Dress -- Accessory -- Eye wear Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 Accession Number: 1949.50 Provenance:  Gift of Garstin, Dalton V., Mrs., Remarks:  Yale 1951 Portrait Index lists execution date as 1904. "Art for Yale" catalog (2001) lists date as ca. 1880. References:  Matheson, Susan B., "Art for Yale: A History of the Yale University Art Gallery," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2001, fig. 61. Stebbins, Theodore E., "A Checklist of American Paintings at Yale University," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1982. "Yale U. Portrait Index", New Haven, 1951. Illustration:  Matheson, Susan B., "Art for Yale: A History of the Yale University Art Gallery," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2001, pg. 76. "Yale U. Portrait Index", New Haven, 1951, P. 135 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 07261857   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 07261857 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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