Joseph Dunkerley
Portrait of a Gentleman, Reputed to be Abraham Clark

ArtistEnglish, active America 1776–1806
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Portrait of a Gentleman, Reputed to be Abraham Clark
Date1781
Made inBoston, Massachusetts, United States
MediumWatercolor on ivory
DimensionsPanel: 1 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (3.8 × 2.9 cm)
Frame (outer): 1 13/16 × 1 1/4 × 1/8 in. (4.6 × 3.2 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of James Deegan
Object number2014.1036
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
ProvenanceBy descent, through the Edgar family; purchased by James Deegan, Houston, 1963; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History"Radicals and Revolutionaries: America's Founding Fathers," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 10–May 28, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The miniature is signed in the lower right “ID/1781”.
Signed and dated LR: ID\1781

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