File:ELIZABETH HUNTINGTON CHESTER.jpg

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Joseph Steward  (1753–1822) wikidata:Q6287192
 
Alternative names
Joseph Stewart
Description American painter
Date of birth/death 6 July 1753 Edit this at Wikidata 15 April 1822 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q6287192
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Portrait of Elizabeth Huntington Chester (1757-1834).

"Col. John Chester and Elizabeth Huntington Chester: Pair of Portraits.

Col. Chester holds a receipt and sits in front of his law library. Mrs. Huntington Chester holds a copy of Elegant Extracts, one of two similarly titled anthologies (one of poetry and one of prose) published in London in 1794 and 1796. Behind her, visible through the window, are likely the Connecticut River and the city of Hartford."
Date circa 1795
date QS:P571,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 43 1/2 in. by 37 3/4 in.
Object history

Provenance:

  • Col. John Chester and Elizabeth Huntington Chester;
  • Mary Chester Wells (1779-1836), daughter;
  • William Henry Wells (1811-1891), son;
  • Julia Chester Wells (1856-1924), daughter;
  • Grace Huntington Wells Strong Brown (b. 1871), great niece;
  • Manhattan Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (on display in the Morris-Jumel Mansion for more than a half century).
  • Auction: Sotheby's, New York, 20 January 2017, Important Americana including Property from the Collection of Joan Oestreich Kend, lot 4240
Source/Photographer https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/collection-of-joan-oestreich-kend-n09607/lot.4240.html

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