Painting
- Title:
- Dr. William Prescott
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1873.003
- Creator:
- Tenney, Adna (1810-1900)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Portrait of Dr. William Prescott (1788-1875), by Adna Tenney (1810-1900), c.1860. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of man, facing slightly right; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has white hair and sideburns, bald on top, and blue eyes. He is wearing a white shirt with standing collar, black stock with bow, black waistcoat and coat, and circular gold shirt pin. Graduated brown and tan background. Unsigned. On the stretcher member, written in pencil: "Wm. Prescott". Orange paper label on frame reverse: "United States and Canada / EXPRESS. / FROM / BOSTON." Gilded gesso over wood frame, raised exterior molding with corner fruit and foliage decorations, spotted cove.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-30 W-25 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Nathan B. Prescott
- Subjects:
- Doctors, Physicians, Scientists, Librarians, Farmers, Senators (N.H.), Portrait paintings, Portraits
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