John Hesselius
Gustavus Hesselius, Jr. with His Nurse
1761-1771
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John Hesselius
Gustavus Hesselius, Jr. with His Nurse
1761-1771
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 35 5/8 × 30 3/4 in. (90.5 × 78.1 cm.)
Unframed: 29 5/8 × 24 3/4 in. (75.2 × 62.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchase Fund
Object Number
1945.91
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1945; Mrs. Alexander Murray by descent, 1928; Clapham Murray, West River, Maryland, by gift, 1904; Mrs. Elizabeth Ridgley
Unnamed Figures
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, pp. 80-81, ill. p. 80.
Boldt, Janine Yorimoto. "Enslavement and Its Legacies: 'Constantly to look at me'. Slavery and the Development of Colonial American Portraiture." Winterthur Portfolio 56 (2022): 127-166. ill., p. 164.
Richard K. Doud, "John Hesselius: His Life and Work," Master of Arts Thesis, University of Delaware, June 1963, p. 88.
Inscribed: None
