Currently not on view
Mr. George Dresser of Plainville, Connecticut,
ca. 1845–50
attributed to William Matthew Prior, American, 1806–1873
y1958-82
Information
Title
Mr. George Dresser of Plainville, Connecticut
Dates
ca. 1845–50
Maker
attributed to William Matthew Prior
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.3 x 63.5 cm (30 1/16 x 25 in.)
frame: 99 x 86.7 x 4.5 cm (39 x 34 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Duff Balken, Class of 1897
Object Number
y1958-82
Inscription
y
Culture
Type
Subject
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American provincial paintings, 1790-1877: from the collection of Edward Duff Balken: galleries E and F, January 9 through February 23, 1947, (Pittsburgh, PA: Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, 1947).
, cat. no. 21 -
American folk art: a collection of paintings presented in 1958 by Edward Duff Balken of the Class of 1897 to the Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 1958).
, no. 21 - "Recent Acquisitions," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 18, no. 1 (1959): p. 40-42., p. 41
- "Another generation's folk art: Edward Duff Balken and his collection of American provincial paintings and drawings: appendix I: an inventory of works from the home of Edward Duff Balken", special issue, Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 57, no. 1/2 (1998): p. 29-30., p. 29
- Colleen Cowles Heslip and Charlotte Emans Moore, "Catalogue of the collection," in "A window into collecting American folk art: the Edward Duff Balken Collection at Princeton," special issue, Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, 57, no. 1/2 (1998): p. 31-162., p. 151–153; cat. no. 60
