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Henry Peters Gray

1842
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The sitter (1819-1877) was a portraitist and history painter. He sat for Shumway in 1842, the year Gray became an academician at the National Academy of Design.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Henry Peters Gray
  • Artist: Henry Colton Shumway (1807–1884)
  • Date: 1842
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Watercolor on ivory
  • Dimensions: 2 1/32 x 1 19/32 in. (5.2 x 4 cm)
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Florence de Noyon Gray, 1947
  • Object Number: 47.121
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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