Painting

Title:

Roswell Shurtleff

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1900.006

Creator:

Tenney, Ulysses D. (1826-1908)Artist; Cole, Joseph Greenleaf (1806-1860)Artist

Date:

circa 1870

Description:

Portrait of Rev. Roswell Shurtleff (1773-1861), by Ulysses D. Tenney (1826-1908), c. 1870. Oil on canvas. Copy of a portrait painted by Joseph Greenleaf Cole (1806-1860), 1831. Half-length portrait of a man, facing left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has short gray hair and brown eyes. He is wearing a black coat and waistcoat, white cravat, and white shirt with standing collar. He is seated in a chair on right; sitter's left arm over chair back. Right hand holding a book with brown and red binding; the number "2" on binding. Black background. Charcoal sketch on canvas reverse (see notes). Typed paper label frame top reverse: " Rev. Roswell Shurtleff, Dartmout". Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-38.9 W-27.25 inches

Provenance:

Rev. Roswell Shurtleff, D.D., was educated at Dartmouth College and a member of the faculty. The portrait was donated by his daughter, Susan Augusta (Shurtleff) Brown (1822-1900).

Credit Line:

Gift of Susan A. Brown

People:

Shurtleff, Roswell (1773-1861), Tenney, Ulysses D. (1826-1908), Cole, Joseph Greenleaf (1806-1860), Brown, Susan A. (1822-1900)

Subjects:

Congregational churches, Librarians, Ministers, Pastors, Portrait drawings, Portrait paintings, Portraits, Professors, Shurtleff, Roswell