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James Pitts

Date1750/1754
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions27 3/4 × 35 1/2 inches (70.49 × 90.17 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund
Object number58.355
ClassificationsPaintings
Curator NotesThree quarter portrait of a man standing, facing right. He wears a brown waistcoat and vest, a white shirt and an ascot. His left hand is tucked under his vest.
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Locations
  • Storage - Long-term   Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, American Art, Paintings 1
ProvenanceThe sitter, James Pitts, Boston, 1776; his son, John Pitts, Tyngsborough, Massachussetts; his great-grandnephew, Thomas Pitts, Detroit; Mrs. Thomas Pitts, Detroit; her son, S. Lendall Pitts, Detroit; Mrs. S. Lendall Pitts, Norfolk, Virginia. Acquired in 1958

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