Portrait of unidentified child in sailor's cap, ca.1918

File — item: 32

Portrait of "Richard?" with USS Bridgeport cap

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Dates

Creation: ca.1918

Creator

From the Collection: Western Connecticut State University (Organization)

Access Restrictions

Open for research without restrictions.

Full Extent

From the Collection: 46 Linear Feet (40 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the unspecified: English

Additional Description

General note

Portrait appears to be oil paint on canvass. The canvass is mounted in a wooden frame with gold painted highlights. The boy pictured is wearing a sailor's cap which has on its band "Bridgeport." The USS Bridgeport was a German built ship that was seized by the US Navy in 1917 and used as a destroyer in World War I. On the reverse side of the canvass "Richard" is written in pencil in large letters.