About the Artwork
General Elias Dayton
between 1750 and 1811
James Sharples
1750-1811
American
Unknown
Pastel on paper
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 1/4 inches (24.4 × 18.4 cm) Framed: 13 3/8 × 11 1/4 × 2 inches (34 × 28.6 × 5.1 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. Fund
46.279
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Provenance
Mrs. J. Amory Haskell. 1946-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 26, 1 (1947): p. 17 (ill.).
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James Sharples, General Elias Dayton, between 1750 and 1811, pastel on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. Fund, 46.279.
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