Portrait of Edward Shippen Burd of Philadelphia
ca. 1806-1808
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 68.3 × 55.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-131394
Edward Shippen Burd (1779-1848) was a well-respected Philadelphia lawyer. In 1810 he married Eliza Howard Sims. The couple had eight children, all of whom died before their parents. After his death in 1848, his widow commissioned a monument to be erected at Philadelphia's St. Stephen's Church and established a school for orphaned girls in his honor. Rembrandt Peale captured Burd in a happier time…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Registry history
- ca. 1806-1808 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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