Painting
- Title:
- Isaac Danforth
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1974.014.04
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Portrait of Isaac Danforth (1785-1862), unknown artist, c. 1830. Oil on canvas on aluminum. Half-length portrait of a man, facing slightly left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has short light brown hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a white shirt with standing collar, white cravat, black coat and waist coat. Red chair lower right. Black background with red highlights. Unsigned. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas
Aluminum - Dimensions:
- H-28.75 W-24.25 inches
- Provenance:
- The donor, Ann Talbott Miller, was the widow of Danforth Miller, the grandson of George F. Danforth (1819-1899).
Isaac Danforth was born on Sept. 10, 1785, to David and Hannah Proctor Danforth. He fought in the War of 1812 as a member of the Boston Light Infantry. He married Dolly Hutchins (1790-1857) on Oct. 26, 1815, in Concord, NH. They had six children. He was a wholesale grocer in Boston and moved to Concord in 1854, where he died in 1862. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Ann Talbott Miller
- Subjects:
- Danforth, Isaac, Grocers, Portrait paintings, Portrait prints, Soldiers
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