Painting

Title:

Daniel Clark Atkinson

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1960.055.04

Creator:

Belknap, Zedekiah (1781-1858)Artist

Date:

circa 1818

Description:

Portrait of Daniel Clark Atkinson (1784-1842), attributed to Zedekiah Belknap (1781-1858), c. 1818. Oil on canvas on aluminum. Half-length portrait of seated man facing left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has brown hair, brown sideburns, and blue eyes. Wearing a double-breasted black coat with brass buttons, black waistcoat, white cravat with bow, white shirt frill, and turnover collar. Seated in a chair with red-upholstered back and painted stile and crest rail right; painted yellow with interlacing vines. Small handwritten label with figure "13", on frame reverse. Three typed or printed labels on backing, applied by conservator in 1972, describing treatment and care. Paper label with ink inscription on reverse of frame: "Daniel Clark Atkinson / as / A Young Man." Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.

Material:

Canvas
Aluminum

Dimensions:

H-30.1 W-24 inches

Provenance:

The donor, Charlotte Atkinson Goodale Kimball (1875-1960), was the granddaughter of the sitter, Daniel Clark Atkinson (1784-1842). Her mother, Josephine Bonaparte (1835-1911), was the daughter of Daniel and Mehitable Atkinson (1807-1844). Josephine B. Atkinson married John Harrison Goodale (1817-1890) in 1871. The donor, Charlotte, married Henry Ames Kimball (1864-1919) of Nashua in 1904. Henry Ames Kimball was the son of NHHS officer and trustee Benjamin Ames Kimball (1833-1920).

Credit Line:

Bequest of Charlotte Atkinson Goodale Kimball

People:

Atkinson, Daniel Clark (1784-1842), Belknap, Zedekiah (1781-1858), Kimball, Charlotte Atkinson Goodale (1875-1960)

Subjects:

Atkinson, Daniel Clark, Lawyers, Judges, Portraits, Portrait paintings