Self Portrait

Francis Alexander (American, 1800–1880)

about 1830

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions61.28 x 46.04 cm (24 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865

Accession number62.257

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ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Americas

InscriptionsReverse, before relining: Presented to W. Willard/By his friend Francis Alexander/Mar. 12th 1870.ProvenanceThe artist; to W. Willard, Boston, 1870; to Marion Waterman and Helen A. Cook, Boston; to G.H. Waterman, Mt. Vernon, N.H.; Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I., 1960; to MFA, 1962, gift of Maxim Karolik.