Portrait of James Kent (1763-1847)
- Name
- Sharples, James, 1752-1811 (Artist)
- Title
- Portrait of James Kent (1763-1847)
- Accession Number
- C00.0730
- Subjects
- Kent, James, 1763-1847
- Format
- drawings
- Culture
- American (North American)
- Genre
- portraits
- Origin Information
- United States
- Date
- 1798
- Physical Description
- 1 drawing ; sight 8 7/8 x 6 15/16 in. (22.6 x 17.7 cm), with frame: 12 15/16 x 11 in. (32.8 x 27.9 cm)
- Note (Medium/support)
- Pastel on paper
- Note (Ownership)
- Gift of Edmund Astley Prentis, 1963
- Note
- Plaque suspended from frame: JAMES KENT / Chancellor of New York State / 1793 Professor of Law at Columbia College / Painted by James Sharples Sr. in 1795 / Presented by Edmund Astley Prentis / Class of 1906 Mines [NOTE: Art Properties worksheet says that the date on the plaque is incorrect and should be 1798]; scratched into front of frame: James Kent / Aetat XXXV / Sharpless
- Library Location
- Art Properties, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 11868419
- Also In
- Art Properties -- Columbia’s Art Collection Online
- Copyright Status
- No Copyright - United States
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-44n4-6j03