John and Hugh Finlay and Francis Guy
Armchair with a view of Rose Hill
1799-1809
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Maple and ash painted black with gilt and polychrome decoration, 33 3/4 x 22 1/4 x 21 in. (85.7 x 56.5 x 53.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lydia Howard de Roth and Nancy H. DeFord Venable in Memory of their Mother, Lydia Howard DeFord; and Purchase Fund
Object Number
1966.26.4
'Rose Hill'
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Baltimore Furniture: The Work of Baltimore and Annapolis Cabinetmakers from 1760-1810", February 21-April 6, 1947, p. 154-157.
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Baltimore Painted Furniture 1880-1840", April 18-June 18, 1972, cat. # 3, illus. p. 23
Museum and Library of Maryland History, "Francis Guy and His Maryland Career", April 10-August 15, 1981
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Baltimore Painted Furniture 1880-1840", April 18-June 18, 1972, cat. # 3, illus. p. 23
Museum and Library of Maryland History, "Francis Guy and His Maryland Career", April 10-August 15, 1981
Katherine Scarborough, Unique Record of Baltimore Mansions, 'The Baltimore Sun,' March 1, 1936, p. 11
BMA 'News,' June 1944, pp. 4-5
'Antiques,' Vol. XC, No. 3, Sept. 1966, p. 374, repro. 66.26.8
Elder, William Voss. Baltimore Painted Furniture, 1800-1840. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1972, cat no. 3, page 23.
On View at the BMA
