The Student (Dr. Oscar Fitzland Potter)
- Date
- 1848
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- made in
- Boonville, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- American Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 25 × 20 in. (63.5 × 50.8 cm)
framed: 24 × 21 in. (61 × 53.3 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Oscar F. Potter
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 18:1911
Provenance
1848 - 1911
Dr. Oscar F. Potter (1829-1917), Arrow Rock, MO; St. Louis, MO, given by the artist [1]
1911 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Dr. Oscar F. Potter [2]
Notes:
[1] In a letter dated April 10, 1911, Potter indicates that he was 18 years old when Bingham painted his portrait in Arrow Rock, MO. The artist gave it to Potter as a gesture of gratitude for serving as a model for "The County Election" and "Stump Speaker" [SLAM document files].
[2] In a letter to the City Art Museum dated March 10, 1911, Potter noted that he gave the painting to the Museum since he had no family to inherit the painting [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Board of Control of the City Art Museum, March 21, 1911.
Dr. Oscar F. Potter (1829-1917), Arrow Rock, MO; St. Louis, MO, given by the artist [1]
1911 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Dr. Oscar F. Potter [2]
Notes:
[1] In a letter dated April 10, 1911, Potter indicates that he was 18 years old when Bingham painted his portrait in Arrow Rock, MO. The artist gave it to Potter as a gesture of gratitude for serving as a model for "The County Election" and "Stump Speaker" [SLAM document files].
[2] In a letter to the City Art Museum dated March 10, 1911, Potter noted that he gave the painting to the Museum since he had no family to inherit the painting [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Board of Control of the City Art Museum, March 21, 1911.
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