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Dewitt Clinton Peters (1865-1948) Philip Barton Key May 1900
Oil on canvas
30 11/32 x 25 35/64 in. (77.1 x 64.9 cm.)
Gift of Mrs. Thomas C. Jenkins in memory of Mrs. George C. Jenkins (Mary Catherine Key)
Holding Institution: Maryland Historical Society
Accession: 1952-15-8
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Medium: Painting Description: Half-length portrait shows Philip Barton Key as young man with brown collar-length hair, wearing brown jacket, and white vest and stock. Image has brown background, and a yellow line around perimeter. Sitter's Life Dates: 1757-1815 Signatures/Inscriptions/Labels: Label: "LOAN / 142.1951". Inscription:"PHILIP. BARTON. KEY. / SON OF FRANCIS.KEY, / MARRIED TO ANNE PLATER. / COPIED FROM THE ORIGINAL POR-/TRAIT BY CLINTON PETERS / MAY. 1900-". In pencil on top stretcher member: "142-51"
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