Painting

Title:

Joseph B. Walker

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1969.051.02

Creator:

Strain, Daniel J. (1846-1925)Artist

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1912

Description:

Portrait of Joseph B. Walker (1822-1913), by Daniel J. Strain (1846-1925), 1912. Oil on canvas. Three-quarter-length portrait of a man, facing slightly right; head turned right. Sitter has medium-length white hair and beard and brown eyes. He is wearing a black coat, black waistcoat, gray trousers, and white shirt with turn-down collar. He is holding a book with both hands; sitter's left thumb in pages of book. Sitter's right arm is resting on a chair back. Chair has leather upholstery, bosses, and a turned twisted stile. Dark brown background. Signed lower right: "Daniel Strain." Brass nameplate on frame: "Joseph B. Walker, Trustee 1847-1907." Gilded gesso over wood frame, curvy exterior lines, oval beaded trim interior, plain cove.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-40.2 W-34.1 inches

Provenance:

Joseph B. Walker (1822-1913), born Concord, NH; educated Phillips-Exeter Academy, Yale, Harvard Law. President State Board of Agriculture, Forestry Commission, Director Merrimack County Savings Bank, President NH Savings Bank, Board of Education, NHHS, member Legislature; Director Concord, Northern, and Portsmouth Railroads; member First Congregational Church; writer and historian; managed his home farm; member Board of Trustees NH Asylum for Insane, 1847-1897. Married Elizabeth Lord Upham, May 1, 1850. Five children.

Credit Line:

Anonymous Gift

People:

Walker, Joseph Burbeen (1822-1913), Strain, Daniel J. (1846-1925)

Subjects:

Authors, Banking industry, Banks, Historians, Lawyers, Politicians, Portrait paintings, Portraits, Railroad companies, Railroads, Walker, Joseph B