Painting
- Title:
- Thomas Whipple Jr.
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1959.002
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1820
- Description:
- Portrait of Thomas Whipple, Jr. (1787-1835), unknown artist, c. 1820. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a young man, turned slightly to the left; eyes toward viewer. Man has short black hair, high at the top and brushed forward at the sides, and brown eyes. He wears a black coat with brass buttons, black waistcoat, white shirt with high collar, and white stock. Brown background. Unsigned. Paper label on frame reverse (partially covered with tape) with donor's name. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- H-30.2 W-25.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Thomas Whipple, Jr. (1787-1835) was born in Lebanon, NH, son of Baptist minister Thomas Whipple (1752-1833) and Lydia Gates Whipple (c. 1761-1795). A physician and political leader, he received his diploma from Dartmouth Medical School in 1814. He moved to Wentworth in Grafton County in 1814. He represented Wentworth in the State Legislature, 1818-1820. He introduced the famous "Toleration Act" in 1819. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1821-27.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Robert W. Upton
- People:
- Whipple, Thomas, Jr. (1787-1835)
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