Stephen Alexander (1806-1883)
Stephen Alexander (1806-1883)

Currently not on view

Stephen Alexander (1806-1883),

1856–57

Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906
PP66

Information

Title
Stephen Alexander (1806-1883)
Dates

1856–57

Maker
Daniel Huntington
Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

image: 73.7 x 62.2 cm (29 x 24 1/2 in.)
frame: 82.5 x 69.8 x 2.9 cm (32 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Princeton University, gift of alumni of Class of 1916

Object Number
PP66
Signatures

Titled, signed and dated in pencil, upper right: Prof. Stephen Alexander, Princeton Astronomer/D. Huntington 1856-57

Culture
American
Type
paintings, oil paintings
Materials
oil paint, canvas
Subject
astronomers, men, figures (representations), portraits, faces

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