Photo: Courtesy Newport Historical Society, R.I., Gift of the Estate of E. L. Winters, 53.3; photo by Christopher Gardner
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Overmantel painting |
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Object numberRIF5724 |
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MakerArtist Unknown |
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DimensionsOvermantel: 31 1/2 × 64 1/4 in. (80.01 × 163.2 cm) Frame: 39 × 71 3/4 in. (99.06 × 182.25 cm) |
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Date175070 |
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Current locationNewport Historical Society |
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GeographyMade in South Kingstown, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumOil on board |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceJohn Potter (17161787), Kingston, Rhode Island. Mrs. E. L. Winters; given to the Newport Historical Society, Rhode Island, 1953 |
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Associated namesJohn PotterMrs. E. L. Winters |
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BibliographyWilliam N. Hosley, "The Wetmore Parlor and Eighteenth-century Middletown, Connecticut," Antiques 139, no. 3 (March 1991): 586597, pl. 10.Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 39, fig. 3. |