Portrait of a young man holding a copy of Milton's work / Ammi Phillips
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- Accession Number
- 2002/1.199
- Title
- Portrait of a young man holding a copy of Milton's work
- Artist
- Ammi Phillips
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1788-1865
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1823
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- New England (general region)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- New England (general region)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Folk Art
- Dimensions
- 91.44 cm x 76.2 cm x 6.99 cm (36 in. x 30 in. x 2 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- portrait
- Physical Description
- Portrait of a young man seated in a chair wearing a dark jacket, white shirt with high collar and neck tie with red stick pin; holding a book in his right hand. Plain grayish-brown background; gold frame.
- Subject Matter
- Phillips worked mainly in New England painting portraits commissioned by members of the wealthy new middle class that emerged after the American Revolution to celebrate their status and place in society.
- “Portrait of a Man” illustrates Phillips attention to facial features, preserving the sitter’s likeness, while his fine clothing, and the copy of Milton’s “Paradise Lost” indicate his sophistication, education and affluence.
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- associated concepts
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- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
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- man
- objects we use
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- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2427 x 3061
- File Size
- 172 KB
- Record
- 2002/1.199
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"Portrait of a young man holding a copy of Milton's work; Ammi Phillips." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-1.199/2002_1.199.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
