Painting

Title:

John Moore

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1961.059.01

Creator:

Slafter, Alonzo (1801-1864)Artist

Date:

1843

Description:

Portrait of John Moore (1797-1855) by Alonzo Slafter (1801-1864), 1843. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a man, facing slightly left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has gray hair parted right, and blue eyes. He is wearing a black coat and waistcoat, white shirt with standing collar, black cravat tied with knot, and gold shirt pin. His right elbow on red tablecloth; book in sitter's right hand; he is marking his place with thumb. Graduated brown background. Unsigned. Paper label typed inscription frame reverse: "John Moore". Gilded gesso over wood frame with corner circle, leaves and floral vines.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-33.1 W-28 inches

Provenance:

John and Mary Alger Moore were uncle and aunt of the donor, Grace Moore Bond Marvin.

John Moore was born in Strafford, VT, Feb. 5, 1797. He married Mary Alger Feb. 12, 1818. Worked in a store. Managed farm after father's death in 1818. He then taught school, and was a colonel of local militia. In 1826, he was ordained a clergyman of Universalist Church; preached at Strafford, VT, 1826-27, 1849-50; Lebanon and Hanover, NH, 1827-33, 1835-40; South Danvers, Lowell and Lynn, MA, Hartford, CT, 1840-45; Troy, NY, and Concord, NH, 1850-55. He served on school boards in several towns and was a trustee of Norwich University, 1835-38. He was active in temperance movement and an abolitionist. American Party wanted to nominate him for governor of NH in 1855, but he had not lived in state for 7 years. He died in Concord, NH, Feb. 5, 1855.

Credit Line:

Gift of Grace Moore Bond Marvin

People:

Slafter, Alonzo (1801-1864), Moore, John (1797-1855), Marvin, Grace B. (1893-1977)

Subjects:

Abolitionists, Clergymen, Clerks, Farmers, Militias, Ministers, Portrait paintings, Portraits, Teachers, Temperance, Universalist churches