Council of Ministers

Artists

Dimensions

77.3 x 106 cm (30 7/16 x 41 3/4 in.) framed: 87 x 113 x 2.9 cm (34 1/4 x 44 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Painted for the State Street, Newburyport home of Rev. John Lowell, c. 1744; upon his death in 1767, the building passes to his son, John Lowell, Jr.; the building sold to Patrick Tracy in 1771 and moved from State Street to Temple Street; purchased by George Fitz, 1851, at approximately which time seemingly purchased or gifted to James Russell Lowell through T.W. Higginson and transferred to his home, Elmwood, Cambridge, MA, thence through the owners of Elmwood; Prof. Arthur Kingsley Porter, to his wife, Lucy Kingsley Porter; Dr. Francis Lowell Burnett and Mrs. Esther Lowell C. Burnett.