Major George Haven Putnam
Artist
Susan Watkins
(American, 1875 - 1913)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1900
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 50 5/8 × 40 5/8 × 2 7/8 in. (128.6 × 103.2 × 7.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 50 5/8 × 40 5/8 × 2 7/8 in. (128.6 × 103.2 × 7.3 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Goldsborough Serpell
Object number46.76.134
Not on view
DescriptionA portrait, oil on canvas, in a gilt frame. A man with a white beard and brown hair wearing glasses is seated in an armchair in a library. He holds a closed book in his lap.Label TextSusan Watkins American, 1875 - 1913 Major George Haven Putnam, ca. 1900 Oil on canvas Bequest of Goldsborough Serpell 46.76.134 ProvenanceThe artist, Susan Watkins Serpell, bequeathed to her husband, Goldsborough Serpell, 1913; Bequest of Goldsborough Serpell to the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1946; Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences transferred to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition HistoryContemporary Virginia and North Carolina Artist in the Museum Collection, 1958, Summer Show, G corridor
