Jefferson Shields

1903

Benjamin S. Campbell

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Benjamin S. Campbell

Artist, American, born England, 1849 - 1934

The image depicts a man from the waist up, sitting upright and facing the camera directly. He has a full, bushy beard and wears spectacles. His hair is thick and neatly combed. He is dressed in a formal suit adorned with medals and ribbons, and a neatly tied bow tie. He holds a cane in his right hand, and a hat with a decorative band is on his lap. The background is a plain, textured surface in sepia tone.

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Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

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Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right in black ink: COPYRIGHT BY, / B.S. CAMPBELL / NORFOLK, VA. / 1903; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: AF39A; by unknown hand, center in black ink: 27226 7 [circled]

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