Chief Justice Peter Oliver

Richard Wilson (of Birmingham) (British, 1752–1807)

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions75.9 x 52.1 cm (29 7/8 x 20 1/2 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. W. Austin Wadsworth

Accession number41.10

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InscriptionsCenter left, on letter: Miss Betsy Watson / Plimouth. Lower right, on base of column: R. Wilson Pix.

ProvenanceBy descent from the sitter through his daughter, Elizabeth Oliver (b. 1735 - d. 1775) and George Watson (b. 1718 -d. 1800), Plymouth, MA, to their daughter, Mary Oliver Watson (Mrs. Elisha) Hutchinson (b. 1754 - d. 1823), Boston; to her sister, Sarah Watson Brimmer (b. 1751 - d. 1832) and Martin Brimmer (b. 1742 - d. 1804), Boston; to their grandson, Martin Brimmer (b. 1829 - d. 1896) and Marianne Timmins Brimmer (b. 1827 - d. 1906), Boston; to her niece, Elizabeth Greene Perkins (Mrs. William Austin) Wadsworth (b. 1869 - d. 1943), Geneseo, NY; 1941, gift of Mrs. W. Austin Wadsworth to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 9, 1941)