About the Artwork
Henry Dobinson
ca. 1765
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American
American
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 29 5/8 × 24 3/4 inches (75.2 × 62.9 cm) Framed: 34 7/8 × 30 × 2 1/4 inches (88.6 × 76.2 × 5.7 cm)
Paintings
American Art before 1950
Gift of the Michigan Chapter of the American Institute of Interior Designers
69.292
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Written on old stretcher (replaced): born 1758 | Henry Dobinson died 1795 aged 37. Married Mary Feddon | Son of N. Dobinson & Julian Dobinson (nee Curwin(?). Father of William Dobinson who was born 1785 | Nephew of Thomas Dobinson whose picture appears as a small blond boy with a dog.
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Estate of Paul L. Grigaut
1969-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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American Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Volume 1. New York, 1991, p. 255.
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American, Henry Dobinson, ca. 1765, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Michigan Chapter of the American Institute of Interior Designers, 69.292.
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