Henry Rice
Artist: Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755–1828)
Original Dimensions: 26 1/2" x 21 1/2"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (ca. 1815) "Henry Rice (1786–1867) was born and died at the Rice family homestead in Marlborough, Massachusetts. During the War of 1812, he served as a major with the state militia and was involved in preparing Boston's defenses. Rice became one of the leading merchants of Boston and, after retiring in 1846, he became a stock and real estate broker. His winter home was built by the architect Charles Bulfinch on Bulfinch Place in Boston. The picture was painted in Boston about the time of Rice's wedding in 1815, on a wooden panel that had been given the texture of a twilled canvas." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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