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Frederick Werner Bangs

Artist Erastus Salisbury Field (American, 1805-1900)

Dateca. 1830

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 30 1/4 x 24 1/2 in. (76.8 x 62.2 cm)

ClassificationsAmerican art

Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Object number78.633.2

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DescriptionOil on canvas painting. It is a portrait of a young man sitting in a red chair with his left elbow resting on the chair arm. He wears a black suit with a wide white collar, held together by a black bow-tie, and printed vest. His hair brown, and is parted in the middle.

Label TextJoseph Badger American, 1708–1765 Young Man of the Tuke Family, ca. 1745 Oil on canvas Erastus Salisbury Field American, 1805–1900 Frederick Werner Bangs, ca. 1830 Oil on canvas Despite their youth, both of these boys look out with confidence to meet the viewer’s gaze. Books and a quill indicate that 10-year-old Frederick Werner Bangs is from a household that values education and culture. The painter of this work, Erastus Salisbury Field, trained briefly in New York City but spent most of his career in rural western Massachusetts. Field’s portrait of Frederick Bangs’ stepmother, Julia, hangs to the right. Gifts of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 74.6.14 and 78.633.2