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
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-44n4-6j03