Collection Highlights
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book
Date:
1859
Object Number:
LIB.E449.C5372
Medium:
Bound volume
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Museum Collections
Paintings
Joseph Hallett (1678-1750)
Object Number:
1950.239
Date:
ca. 1728
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 49 1/2 x 40 1/4 in. ( 125.7 x 102.2 cm )
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of William Hallett from Dorsetshire, England, who was awarded the patent for the area around Hallett's Cove (now Astoria), Long Island, and settled there about 1655. This portrait was painted in New York, and was based on a mezzotint by John Smith (1696) after Sir Godfrey Kneller's portrait of John Cecil, Earl of Exeter. The only significant change made by the New York limner was the inclusion of the ship and nautical instruments, evidently appropriate for Hallett.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
