Collection Highlights
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
Date:
ca. 1700-1725
Object Number:
1952.80
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Alexander Anderson, (?-1811), Royal botanist of St. Vincent, West Indies; verso: sketches of five riders on horseback
Object Number:
1912.10
Date:
1799
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on circular paper laid on a second sheet, inlaid into a third sheet
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 2 5/16 in. ( 6 x 5.9 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Inscribed on mount center: Doctor Alexr Anderson of / the Botanic Garden / St. Vincent-
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below circle in black ink: "Doctor Alex.r Anderson of / the Botanic Garden / St. Vincent --"
Description:
The artist's uncle, the superintendent of The Botanic Garden on the island of St. Vincent, West Indies
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
