Painting
- Title:
- General Joseph Cilley
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1926.007.01
- Creator:
- Tenney, Ulysses D. (1826-1908) -- Artist; Trumbull, John (1756-1843) -- Artist
- Date:
- 1899
- Description:
- Portrait of General Joseph Cilley (1734-1799), by Ulysses D. Tenney (1826-1908), 1899. Oil on canvas. Half -length portrait of a man; head turned slightly right. Sitter has a white powdered wig and blue eyes. He is wearing a blue uniform with red lapels, brass buttons, gold epaulets, yellow waistcoat, and white cravat. Brown background. Signed lower left in red paint: "U.D. Tenney. 1899". Bronze-painted rectangular frame with oval-shaped window and center molding.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-30 W-25 inches
- Provenance:
- Portrait purchased of Mr. Cilley, with portrait of Gen. Poor, for $56, "who immediately turned that amount back to the Society for dues and life membership."
Joseph Cilley was a soldier and statesman, born in Nottingham, NH, 1735. Colonel in Revolutionary War; major-general in militia afterward. Served as representative, senator, and councilor in State government. He died in 1799. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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