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Portrait of a Man
Alpheus Chapin (American, about 1787–1870)
1815
Medium/Technique
Watercolor
Dimensions
Sheet: 17.46 x 11.72 cm (6 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.865
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1097 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- portrait. Companion piece to no. 60.864. Half-length, profile to left. At bottom, man plowing on hillside.
Marks
Annotated on back of frame in graphite: Taken in Salem Study by / Chapin father of the cele[brated] / Chapin / Adams, Mass., / 1896-1826
InscriptionsInscribed on verso in graphite: 1815
ProvenanceGift of Maxim Karolik for the proposed M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints, 1800-1875