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Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Nathaniel Paine
Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Nathaniel Paine

Artist John Brewster (American, 1766-1854)
Date1800
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 29 1/4 x 26 in. (74.3 x 66 cm)
Overall, Frame: 33 3/8 x 30 3/8 in. (84.8 x 77.2 cm)
ClassificationsAmerican art
Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Object number80.181.3
Terms
  • Man
  • Portrait
  • Book
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an oval oil on canvas portrait painting of a seated man holding a book in his left hand. The book is propped open with his thumb and his index finger on the cover. He wears a black double breasted buttoned coat and white vest, with a white high collar/scarf wrapped around his neck.