Bulgarian Chief

Benoni Irwin

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Benoni Irwin (Canadian, 1840–1896). Bulgarian Chief, 1879. Oil on canvas, 32 × 23 1/2 in. (81.3 × 59.7 cm) frame: 36 × 27 3/4 × 1 in. (91.4 × 70.5 × 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Mrs. J. C. Shaw in memory of her father, Dr. Charles D. Cook, 33.184. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Bulgarian Chief

Date

1879

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

32 × 23 1/2 in. (81.3 × 59.7 cm) frame: 36 × 27 3/4 × 1 in. (91.4 × 70.5 × 2.5 cm)

Signatures

Signed and dated lower right: "B. Irwin/Paris 1879"

Inscriptions

Verso: "B. Irwin, Paris, 1879 Bulgarian Chief"

Credit Line

Bequest of Mrs. J. C. Shaw in memory of her father, Dr. Charles D. Cook

Accession Number

33.184

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