Benjamin Roberts

Artist Unknown

CultureAmerican

DateJune 1826

MediumWatercolor and graphite drawing on wove paper

DimensionsOverall: 5 x 6 3/8 in. (12.7 x 16.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 8 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (22.2 x 18.7 cm)

InscribedOn reverse: "Benjamin Roberts / Drawn June 1826 / Age 60 yrs. & 8 months."

Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Object number75.10.8

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DescriptionPortrait of a man seated sideways on a chair with his arm draped over the back. He is painted outdoors. There is a book in his lap.
Label TextBenjamin Roberts and Catherine Roberts, 1826 American Watercolor and graphite drawings on wove paper Gifts of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 75.10.8 and 75.10.7 ProvenancePurchased by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch from Garth's Auction Barn, Delaware, OH, on October 25, 1968 (sale item #566); gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch to Chrysler Museum of Art, May 3, 1975.Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "Drawn from the Vault: Collecting American Works on Paper at the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - July 27, 2014.Published ReferencesCarol C. Sanderson and Christopher P. Monkhouse, _Americana from the Daphne Farago Collection_ (Providence, RI: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1985) p. 74.