Painting
- Title:
- Benjamin Thompson
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1979.020.09
- Creator:
- Kellerhoven, Moritz (1758-1830)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Munich, Germany
- Date:
- circa 1800
- Description:
- Portrait of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753-1814), attributed to Moritz Kellerhoven (1758-1830), c. 1800. Oil on canvas. Bust-length portrait of a man facing slightly left with head in profile. Sitter is wearing a white wig with queue, blue uniform with a watered-silk sash, blue and gold epaulets, and large star-shaped medal; the medal is Order of the White Eagle. Green and brown background. Paper label with ink inscription on stretcher: "Sarah Countess of Rumford--to be returned when she shall order. June 1, 1852." Paper label with ink inscription on stretcher: "(Concord 3d June 1852.) This is the second-best likeness that was / ever taken of Count Rumford.--the original / from which this was taken being in the Royal / Institution of Great Britain. This being besides / an excellent copy. The picture done at Munich / by K[ellerho]ph--the Count about [40] at the time." A NHHS label reads:"Count Rumford / Source Charles Walker," / loan rec'd 1923." There is a Gustv Klimann stamp, dated February 1965. Nameplate on the frame: "COUNT RUMFORD / KELLERHOVEN." Unsigned. Gilded gesso over wood frame with applied corner cartouches, c-scroll decoration with foliate design.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-24 W-20 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford, who bequeathed her collection of family portraits to her cousin Joseph Burbeen Walker (1822-1913) in 1852. The portraits then passed to his son Charles R. Walker (1852-1922), and to his grandson Sheafe Walker, the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Sheafe Walker
- People:
- Count Rumford, Thompson, Benjamin (1753-1814), Walker, Joseph Burbeen (1822-1913), Walker, Sheafe (1888-1978), Kellerhoven, Moritz (1758-1830), Walker, Charles R. (1852-1922)
- Subjects:
- Inventors, Portrait paintings, Portraits, Reform, Rumford, Scientists, Statesmen, Thompson, Benjamin
Electronic Resources are only available to New Hampshire Historical Society members. To access electronic resources, please join the New Hampshire Historical Society.