Collection Highlights
Study for "Departure of the Seventh Regiment for the War, April 19, 1861"
c. 1865-69
1946.174
Oil over graphite on brown paper, varnished, laid on heavy board, nailed and mounted on a wood panel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
William Cowper Prime (1825-1905)
Title
William Cowper Prime (1825-1905)
Date
1857
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 36 x 29 1/8 in. ( 91.4 x 74 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of Benjamin L. Prime
Object Number
1953.188
Marks
signature and date: lower right: "F. Schlegel / 1857"
inscription: on back: "Braheem Effendi / F. Schlegel Pinxit 1857 for W. C. Prime"
Gallery Label
After graduating from Princeton University in 1843, the subject studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in New York. He would distinguish himself not only as a lawyer, but as a journalist, author, art historian, and Near East enthusiast as well. In this portrait, a gift to the Society from his great-grandson, he appears in Arab costume with ruins of Egyptian temples in the background.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
