Painting
- Title:
- Richard Ayer
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1933.001.35
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Portrait of Captain Richard Ayer (1757-1831), unknown artist, c. 1900. Oil on canvas on masonite. Half-length portrait of a man, facing slightly left. Sitter has a bald head with brown hair at side and dark blue eyes. He is wearing a brown coat, black waistcoat, white collar turned down, and four-in-hand necktie. He is seated in red armchair; chair's back and right arm visible. Brown background. Unsigned. Tape label with ink inscription frame reverse top left: " Loaned By / M.H. Jewell / May 19, 1933". Paper label with typed inscription on masonite reverse center: Captain Richard Ayer / b.May 12. 1757 d. Dec. 17.1831". Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-30 W-25 inches
- Provenance:
- Captain Richard Ayer (1757-1831) was the brother of the donor's great grandmother, Hannah Ayer Bradley (b. 1771). This portrait is a copy of the head in modern dress. The Rev. Richard J. Lyford thinks he has the original. Could be a copy of a daguerreotype made by the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- People:
- Ayer, Richard (1757-1831)
- Subjects:
- Ayer, Richard, Military officers, Banking, Banking industry, Politicians
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