Brigadier General John Dent
Artist
John Hesselius
(American, 1728 - 1778)
Dateca. 1770
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Framed: 38 1/4 x 33 3/8 x 3 1/4 inches (97.16 x 84.77 x 8.26 cm)
Framed: 38 1/4 x 33 3/8 x 3 1/4 inches (97.16 x 84.77 x 8.26 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Maurine F. Jones
Object numberF63-42
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DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a man, facing one-quarter left, wearing white stock; white cuffs; brown velvet coat over beige satin vest; left hand in Napoleonic vest pose.Published ReferencesWinifred Shields, “Ancestor Portrait Show Leads to Bizarre Family
Reunion,” Kansas City Star, 3 April 1953, 20; Richard Keith Doud,
“John Hesselius: His Life and Work,” Master’s thesis, University
of Delaware, 1963, 93 (as Gen. John Dent); NAMA 1973, 252 (as
Portrait of Brigadier General John Dent); NAMA 1991, 14.
Reunion,” Kansas City Star, 3 April 1953, 20; Richard Keith Doud,
“John Hesselius: His Life and Work,” Master’s thesis, University
of Delaware, 1963, 93 (as Gen. John Dent); NAMA 1973, 252 (as
Portrait of Brigadier General John Dent); NAMA 1991, 14.
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