Painting
- Title:
- John Bell
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1987.083.01
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1900-1920
- Description:
- Portrait possibly of Gov. John Bell (1765-1836), unknown artist, 1900-1920. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a man seated, facing right. Sitter has short brown hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a black coat and waistcoat, white shirt with high collar,and white cravat. He is seated in a red-upholstered arm chair with gilded arms. Sitter's right hand rests on an open book. Books are stacked in background. Red curtain pulled at right. Architectural molding in left background. Unsigned. Canvas stamped on the reverse : THIS PICTURE WAS / RESTORED / AT THE COPLEY GALLERY / 103 NEWBURY STREET / BOSTON / Oct-20-1915". Gilded gesso over wood frame, sand texture in cove, single corner leaves.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-36 W-27.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased at estate auction of Helen Hopwood, Nashua, NH. Mrs. Hopwood was a descendant of the Upham and Bell families.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Bell, John (1765-1836)
- Subjects:
- Governors, Portrait paintings, Portraits
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