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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

Artist

John Hesselius

1727–1777

American, 1728-1778
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