Painting
- Title:
- Kirk Dearborn Pierce
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1970.029.01
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Place of Origin:
- Chicago, IL
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Portrait of Kirk Dearborn Pierce (1845-1928), unknown artist, c. 1870. Oil on canvas. Bust-length portrait of a man; head turned to left. Sitter has short wavy brown hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a black coat and waistcoat, black bow tie, and a white shirt with two black square studs. Pencil inscription stretcher bottom member: " Framed by Adam J. Press". Paper label frame reverse: "CHAS. BRACHVOGEL, Manufacturer of Gilt, Rosewood and Walnut / MOULDINGS, / LOOKING GLASS, PICTURE, OVAL & ORNAMENTAL FRAMES / Importer of French & German 141 Lake Street, - CHICAGO". Gray background. Gilded gesso over wood frame with top corner spandrels.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-26.5 W-21 inches
- Provenance:
- Kirk Dearborn Pierce, born August 1846, son of Henry Dearborn Pierce and Susan Tuttle and nephew of Franklin Pierce. He was a lawyer. Said by donor to have been painted in Chicago when subject was about 24 years old. Married Mary Augusta Collins, February 17, 1879. Died Hillsborough, NH, 1928.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase/ Gift of Mary K. Pierce
- Subjects:
- Portrait paintings, Portraits, Lawyers, Pierce, Kirk Dearborn
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