Object ID:
<p>1917-04-6
Category:
Images of People
Medium:
oil on canvas
Creator:
Ralph Earl (1751-1801)
Date:
1796
Held at:
Litchfield Historical Society
Associated Place:
New Milford, CT
Size:
52 1/2" length x 39 3/16" width
Description:
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Oil on canvas portrait of Philo Ruggles (1765-1829) as a young man, seated in exterior setting with water and rolling valley in background. Dressed in brown jacket, yellow vest and black breeches. He is holding a flute in his right hand. Signed lower left, "R. earl Pinxt 1796" Retains its original frame. The painting was completed in New Milford, CT.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Ralph_Earl" class="extiw" title="w:en:Ralph Earl"><span title="American painter 1751-1801">Ralph Earl</span></a>
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1796<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1796-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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