Painting

Title:

Abel Hutchins

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1991.037.01

Creator:

Tenney, Adna (1810-1900)

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1852

Description:

Portrait of Abel Hutchins (1763-1853), attributed to Adna Tenney (1810-1900), c. 1852. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a man, facing slightly left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has short gray hair, gray sideburns, and blue eyes. He is wearing metal-rim, rectangular-shaped glasses, white shirt with fold over collar, black stock, and black coat. Sitter's right hand in coat; left hand holding cane with black tassel and circular head. Seated in a black-upholstered arm chair with decorative crest rail. Unsigned. Gilded gesso over wood frame, corner cartouches with shell, foliate vines.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-33.5 W-28.25 inches

Provenance:

Robert H. Schutz, Jr. was the great-great- grandson of Abel and Elizabeth (Partridge) Hutchins.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Robert H. Schutz, Jr.

People:

Hutchins, Abel (1763-1853), Tenney, Adna (1810-1900), Schutz, Robert H. (1903-1991)

Subjects:

Hutchins, Abel, Portraits, Portrait paintings, Clock watch making, Clock watch industry, Clocks watches