Bust-length portrait of George F. Boughton with light brown hair, wearing a black coat with a high white stock. Boughton was president of the Sandwich Glass Company of Boston.
Roles: Artist: Copy after Edward Greene Malbone (American, 1777-1807) (?)
Provenance: G.C.B. Hogan, New York [date of acquisition unknown, possibly acquired from the sitter]; A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1963, by gift.
Object Type: miniatures (paintings); portraits
Medium: watercolor on ivory
Inscriptions: [Inscription] On back of frame: George S. Boughton / By / Malbone; [Number] On sticker: 20
Dimensions: H excluding frame: 3 in. (7.62 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, in memory of Abraham Jay Fink, 1963
Classification: Miniatures
Accession Number: 38.475
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