File:Mrs David Chesebrough (Margaret Sylvester) 1754 by Joseph Blackburn.jpg

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Summary

Joseph Blackburn: Mrs. David Chesebrough

Artist

Joseph Blackburn (1730–1778)
Alternative names	Jonathan B. Blackburn
Description	American portrait painter
Date of birth/death	circa 1730 date QS:P,+1730-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	circa 1778 date QS:P,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Location of birth	England
Work period	between circa 1750 and circa 1780 date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Bermuda, New England
Authority file	: Q3184614 VIAF: 95815044 ULAN: 500021703 LCCN: nr89014350 Oxford Dict.: 65538 RKD: 8769 WorldCat

Title

Mrs. David Chesebrough

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Description

English: Portrait of Mrs David Chesebrough by Joseph Blackburn

Depicted people

Margaret Chesebrough

Date

1754

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

49 7/8 x 40 1/8 in. (126.7 x 101.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Accession number

16.68.3

Place of creation

United States of America

Object history

descended to the subject's grandnephew, Dr. Nicoll Havens Dering, Rome, New York, by 1833–died 1867; his son, Sylvester Dering, Utica, New York, until 1916

Credit line

Gift of Sylvester Dering, 1916

Inscriptions

Signature: [on the ledge at right center]: I. Blackburn Pinxit 1754

References

Source/Photographer

Metropolitan Museum of Art: entry 10175 (accession number: 16.68.3)

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current	23:19, 1 February 2014	1,487 × 1,861 (1.74 MB)	P. S. Burton	from the Met
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