Dr. Jonathan Potts (1745-1781)

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Arts of the Americas

1770–76

Henry Benbridge
American, 1743–1812

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Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Henry Benbridge
Title: Dr. Jonathan Potts (1745-1781)
Place: Philadelphia (Place depicted)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1770–1776
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 61.6 × 48.9 cm (24 1/4 × 19 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Allan and Sallie Bulley Fund
Reference Number: 1990.484
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Robert G. Stewart, “The Portraits of Henry Benbridge,” The American Art Journal 2, 2 (Fall 1970) 70 (ill.).
The Magazine Antiques 88, 5 (November 1990) p. 912 (ill.).

Pennsylvania, Allentown Art Museum, The World of Banjamin West, 1962, cat. 62, as Unidentifed Gentleman by Matthew Pratt.
Washington DC, National Portrait Gallery, Henry Benbridge: American Portrait Painter, 1971, cat. 46, as Jonathan Potts.

Rutter family; Knoedler and Company, New York; Christie’s, New York (sale 5794, lot 1, December 7, 1984); private collection, Philadelphia; Frank S. Schwarz & Son, Philadelphia; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990.

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