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The two sides of George Burnham (1817-1912) are expressed in this simultaneously dignified and informal portrait. An engineer who became the chief financial officer of Philadelphia's world-famous Baldwin Locomotive Works, Burnham was also a dedicated member of the First Swedenborgian Church.
Cecilia Beaux, the favored portrait painter of Philadelphia's elite, depicts Burnham in a somber business suit, but sitting in a stylishly rustic chair on the porch of his summer house at Lake George, New York. Against a backdrop of pines that hints at his spiritual connection to nature, he holds a book that may be one of the many church publications he sponsored.
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Title: | Portrait of George Burnham |
Date: | 1887 |
Artist: | Cecilia Beaux (American, 1855–1942) |
Medium: | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions: | 47 3/4 x 41 3/8 inches (121.3 x 105.1 cm) Framed: 53 x 46 1/2 inches (134.6 x 118.1 cm) |
Classification: | Paintings |
Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. George Burnham III, 1986 |
Accession Number: | 1986-17-1 |
Geography: | Made in United States, North and Central America |
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