Portrait of young man from the waist up wearing a black coat and a high white collar with a ruffle in front. He has brown curly hair, blue eyes, and is looking over his left shoulder. The background is plain brown. The frame is a large, elaborate one with applied plaster leaf decoration. The interior rim is of small leaves and the middle has a beaded trim. Finish is rough dark gold and rust color.
portraits
wood (plant material)
oil paint (paint)
Painting
Phillips, Stephen C. (Stephen Clarendon), 1801-1857
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P240
FA111
Frothingham, James, 1786-1864 (Painter)
34 8/16 x 29 10/16 x 3 9/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.663
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