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Description
This portrait of William King, Maine's first governor (1820-21), was painted by Philip Spooner Harris, circa 1855, from Gilbert Stuart's 1806 portrait of King as a young Bath businessman.
Philip Spooner Harris (1824-1884), a portrait painter and great admirer of Gilbert Stuart, lived in Bath near the end of Gov. King's life. Harris practiced the art of portraiture in the Eliot Block of Bath from 1850-1864 before relocating to New York.
The original Gilbert Stuart portrait of King is part of the Maine State House Portrait Collection in Augusta. The Harris copy is owned by the Patten Free Library in Bath.
About This Item
- Title: William King, Bath, ca. 1806
- Creator: Philip Spooner Harris
- Creation Date: circa 1855
- Subject Date: circa 1806
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Locations:
- Bath, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Augusta, Kennebec County, ME
- Media: Oil on Canvas
- Dimensions: 54.61 cm x 45.72 cm
- Local Code: Reading Room
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828
- Art--19th century
- Maine--19th century
- Portrait painters--United States
- Harris, Philip Spooner, 1824-1884
- Painters--United States
- Businesspeople--Maine
- Portraits
- King, William, 1768-1852--Portraits
- Governors--Maine
- Maine--Politics & government 1775-1865
People
Other Keywords
- 19th century
- Art
- Artists
- Businesspeople
- Governor
- Governors
- Harris, Philip Spooner 1824-1884
- King, William 1768-1852
- Maine
- Maine's First Governor
- Philip Spooner Harris
- Politics & government 1775-1865
- Portrait painters
- Stuart, Gilbert 1755-1828
- United States
For more information about this item, contact:
Patten Free Library33 Summer Street, Bath, ME 04530
(207) 443-5141
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