Collection Highlights
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-229
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
John Bolton (1726-1784)
Object Number:
1942.352
Date:
1759
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Marks:
inscription: on back: "John Bolton, 2d son of Robt ne 20 June 1726 ob 2 Mar 1784 / J. Hesselius Pinx 1759, Commissary of Kent Co. Md."
Gallery Label:
John Bolton was the third son of Robert Bolton, merchant of Philadelphia, and Ann (Curtis) Clay Bolton. He settled in Chestertown, Maryland, and married Eleanor Dougherty in 1771.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Reginald Pelham Bolton
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
