Oil Painting (visual work)

Object number
1885.1
Title
Oliver Hazard Perry
Creator
Unknown
Description
Portrait of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819). Bust portrait facing left; short black hair, brown eyes, full face with small mouth, white collar and white cloth-like necklace. Painting depicts Perry when he was a midshipman. Painted on a pine board in the floor of his home on the Point, Newport, RI.
Materials
oil paint
wood
Credit Line
Gift of Leavitt and Sherman
Object Type
oil paintings (visual works)
Subjects
Leavitt and Sherman
Related People & Organizations
Powell, Mary Elizabeth (associated)
Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819 (associated)