Chester Harding
Born Conway, Mass., September 1, 1792.
Died Boston, April 1, 1866.

Stephen Salisbury II, 1829
Oil on canvas
30 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. (76.8 x 64 cm)
Bequest of Stephen Salisbury III,1907.109
Provenance
Stephen Salisbury II (1798–1884); to his son, Stephen Salisbury III (1835–1905), who bequeathed it to the Worcester Art Museum in 1907.

References
Salisbury 1885, I, 31.

Worcester Art Society 1891, cat. no. 25.

Forbes 1930b, 74, 78, 80–81.

"The Salisbury Collection," Worcester News Bulletin 4: 6 (March 1939): [2].

Dresser 1941, 65, 70, 71.

"Responsibility, Not Privilege," Worcester News Bulletin 21: 6 (March 1956): 22, 23.

Hennessey 1973, 14.

Riggs 1976, 10, 11.

Campbell 1980, 8–9.

Danforth Museum 1981, 15, 16.

Lipton 1984a, 1388, 1390.

Lipton 1985, 179.

Meyer 1986a, 5, 14.

Strickler 1989, 64.

Exhibitions
Loan Collection of Portraits Exhibited by the Worcester Art Society in the New Public Library Building, Worcester Public Library, March 31–April 30, 1891, cat. no. 25.

The American Portrait: From the Death of Stuart to the Rise of Sargent, Worcester Art Museum, April 26–June 3, 1973.

The Second Fifty Years: American Art, 1826–1876, Worcester Art Museum, September 24, 1976–January 23, 1977.

Family Connections: Portraits by Chester Harding (1792–1866), Danforth Museum, Framingham, Mass., January 18–March 29, 1981.