Peter Dubois

Periodca. 1815-1820

MediumOil on ivory, colorless glass, gilt metal, wood, cardboard

Dimensionsimage: 2.88 × 2.25 in. (7.3 × 5.7 cm)
frame: 5.38 × 4.38 in. (13.7 × 11.1 cm)

InscribedAn ink inscription on back reads "This picture is for / Madeline Barron Connolly / Short Hills / NJ / Signed C.D. Corlies Oct. 1931" Below [now removed], "Peter Dubois / Uncle of Senator Hendrickson died in Middletown / unmarried. See head- / stone in Hendrickson / ground Main St., in / Village. Born 1796 (son of Charles) died 1820"

ClassificationsPortrait Miniatures & Silhouettes

Credit LineGift of Mrs. J. Amory Haskell, 1941

Object number1670

DescriptionAn oval portrait of a young man with light brown windswept hair and light blue eyes, on a peach background. The sitter wears a black jacket and white ruffled shirtfront. Image is backed with cardboard and fixed in place with a serrated tab liner. It is housed in a dark wood frame with an inner oval gilt metal rim. The frame features an attached hanging ring, with an ornamental molded gilt rose and thistle tab.
Curatorial RemarksPeter Dubois (1796-1820) was the son of Charles and Anne Hendrickson Dubois. Charles and Anne had two other children, a girl and another son, Daniel, who also died in early manhood.

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