Painting

Title:

John Lyford Ladd

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1956.169

Creator:

Ingalls, Walter (1805-1874)Artist

Place of Origin:

Sanbornton, NH

Date:

circa 1849

Description:

Portrait of John Lyford Ladd (1807-1873), by Walter Ingalls (1805-1874), c. 1849. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a man, facing slightly left. Sitter has short black hair, black eyebrows, blue eyes, and dimple on chin. He is wearing a white shirt with turn-down collar, black cravat tied in a bow, black coat and waistcoat. Graduated brown with yellow background. Signed on canvas reverse: "W. Ingalls". Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-27 W-22 inches

Provenance:

Portraits of Jeremiah S. Jaques (1809-1890), Drusilla (Ladd) Jaques (1808-1866), and John Lyford Ladd (1807-1873), painted by Walter Ingalls (1805-1874), descended through John C. and Hannah (Taylor) Ladd to their daughter, Ida Nancy (Ladd) Keasor, the mother of the donor, Melba (Keasor) Hodgkins (1901-2005).

According to the donor, this portrait represents Thomas E. Ladd (1841-1905). It more likely represents the donor's great-grandfather, John Lyford Ladd (1807-1873), as claimed by one of the donor's relatives. This portrait, signed but undated, is thought to have been painted at the same time as the portraits of the sitter's sister, Drusilla Ladd Jaques (1956.168), and her husband, Jeremiah Jaques (1956.167), in 1849.

Credit Line:

Gift of Melba K. Hodgkins

People:

Ladd, John L. (1807-1873), Ingalls, Walter (1805-1874), Hodgkins, Melba K. (1901-2005)

Subjects:

Portraits, Portraiture, Portrait paintings