Painting

Title:

Jeremiah S. Jaques

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1956.167

Creator:

Ingalls, Walter (1805-1874)Artist

Place of Origin:

Sanbornton, NH

Date:

1849

Description:

Portrait of Jeremiah S. Jaques (1809-1890), by Walter Ingalls (1805-1874), 1849. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a man, facing slightly left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has short brown hair, brown eyebrows, and brown eyes. He is wearing a white shirt with turn-down collar and three white buttons on shirt, black cravat tied in a bow, black coat and waistcoat. Graduated gray and brown background. Signed, possibly in charcoal crayon on canvas reverse (no longer visible): " 1849, / W. Ingalls Pinx. " Frame with exterior and interior gilded molding, mahogany cove.

Material:

Textile

Dimensions:

H-27.25 W-22.125 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).

Jeremiah Jaques was a farmer and trader, born in Sanbornton, NH, Jan. 27, 1809. Married Drusilla Ladd, Feb. 17, 1831. Later moved to Gilford, Laconia. Died Aug. 3, 1890.

Credit Line:

Gift of Melba K. Hodgkins

People:

Jaques, Jeremiah S. (1809-1890), Ingalls, Walter (1805-1874), Hodgkins, Melba K. (1901-2005)

Subjects:

Businessmen, Farmers, Jaques, Jeremiah, Portrait paintings, Portraits