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Portrait of a Man

Artist

Cephas Thompson (American 1775–1856)

Date

about 1820

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

Other: 69.2 x 54 cm (27 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Athenæum purchase, 2011

Object Number

UR337

Charles Henry Alden

Artist

Cephas Thompson (American 1775–1856)

Date

1821

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

Other: 76.2 x 62.2 cm (30 x 24 1/2 in.)

Inscription

Cold-stamped, l.l.: “C. THOMPSON”

Credit Line

Athenæum purchase, 2011

Object Number

UR336

William Henry Thompson, Son of the Artist

Artist

Cephas Thompson (American 1775–1856)

Date

1815

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

20 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. (52.1 x 41.3 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of P. Compton Miller, Jr., 1993

Object Number

UR267

Marietta Tintoretto Thompson, Daughter of the Artist

Artist

Cephas Thompson (American 1775–1856)

Date

n.d.

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

30 1/4 x 25 in. (76.8 x 63.5 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of P. Compton Miller, Jr., 1993

Object Number

UR266

Olivia Bonney Atkinson

Artist

Cephas Thompson (American 1775–1856)

Date

n.d.

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

23 x 18 in. (58.4 x 45.7 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of P. Compton Miller, Jr., 1993

Object Number

UR265

Jerome Thompson

Artist

Cephas Thompson (American 1775–1856)

Date

n.d.

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

25 x 19 in. (63.5 x 48.3 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of P. Compton Miller, Jr., 1993

Object Number

UR264

Mother of the Artist

Artist

Cephas Thompson (American 1775–1856)

Date

1826

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

28 x 22 1/2 in. (71.1 x 57.2 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of P. Compton Miller, Jr., 1993

Object Number

UR260

Elvira Thompson in White

Artist

Cephas Thompson (American 1775–1856)

Date

n.d.

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

28 1/8 x 22 1/2 in. (71.4 x 57.2 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of P. Compton Miller, Jr., 1993

Object Number

UR263

Abigail Crossman, the Artist’s Grandmother

Artist

Cephas Thompson (American 1775–1856)

Date

n.d.

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

30 x 24 3/4 in. (76.2 x 62.9 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of P. Compton Miller, Jr., 1993

Object Number

UR262