Description:
Portrait of an older man [Mr. Brewster], three-quarter view, man has full beard and mustache, rosy cheeks, wrinkles on forehead, brown eyes, and a prominent nose, brown hair with some graying at the part. The sitter is wearing a white shirt, and black suit jacket. Painted in black on the reverse, "Painted by G. F. Buttume/1879 Springfield/ Mass." A modern white printed business card is pinned to the back of the frame, with information for John Edward Phelps, who cleaned and varnished the painting about 1977. Framed in a modern gilt wood and composition ornament frame with a border of ears of corn. Painting is in a hyper-realistic style similar to a photograph. The artist George Bottume is listed as being born in Baltic, CT in 1828, although the Death Registry in Springfield lists his birthplace as Lisbon, CT. Around the age of thirteen, he left to study in New York City, returning around 1845. For a time he worked in Norwich, and then traveled throughout Connecticut. He eventually settled in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was primarily a portrait painter, although he was known to have completed some landscapes. He died on July 17, 1900 at the age of 72.
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