Henry peters gray
artist: henry colton shumway (1807–1884)
date: 1842
medium: watercolor on ivory
dimensions: 2 1/32 x 1 19/32 in. (5. 2 x 4 cm)
classification: paintings
credit line: bequest of florence de noyon gray, 1947
the sitter (1819-1877) was a portraitist and history painter. He sat for shumway in 1842, the year gray became an academician at the national academy of design. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1842. Place of creation: United States of America. Dimensions: height: 5.2 cm (2 in) ; width: 4 cm (1.5 in). Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Henry Peters Gray (Henry Colton Shumway)
