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Frank Weston Benson

Portrait of Isaac C. Bates, Esq.

Maker

Frank Weston Benson (American, 1862-1951)

Title

Portrait of Isaac C. Bates, Esq.

Year

1906

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Dimensions

101.6 x 76.8 cm (40 x 30 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed LL:F.W. Benson 1906

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.910

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Making It In America
Oct 11, 2013 – Feb 09, 2014

Label copy

Isaac Comstock Bates owned a successful pork-packing firm whose sugar-cured hams, kettle-rendered lard, and premium bacon were widely distributed and enjoyed “a high repute in the market,” according to one 1889 account.

A member of the Providence Art Club, Bates supported local artists but his collecting interests also extended from American and European paintings, prints, and drawings to Asian ceramics, textiles, metalwork, and stencils. At the time of his death, he was president of the Rhode Island School of Design. Gifts made during his lifetime and through a massive bequest in 1913 added more than 2500 works of art to the Museum’s collection.

A Selection of Asian Ceramics Collected by Isaac C. Bates
Feb 01, 1997 – Apr 01, 1997
From the Reserve IV
Nineteenth-Century American Painting
Jul 22, 1994 – Oct 02, 1994
Romanticism and Revival
Nineteenth-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Dec 04, 1992 – Jun 26, 1993
Selection VII
American Paintings from the Museum's Collection, ca. 1800-1930
Mar 31, 1977 – May 08, 1977

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Tombstone

Frank Weston Benson (American, 1862-1951)
Portrait of Isaac C. Bates, Esq., 1906
Oil on canvas
101.6 x 76.8 cm (40 x 30 1/4 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.910

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