Painting
- Title:
- Abraham Burnham
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1979.008
- Creator:
- Tenney, Adna (1810-1900)
Artist - Date:
- 1852
- Description:
- Portrait of Reverend Abraham Burnham (1776-1852), by Adna Tenney (1810-1900), 1852. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a man. Sitter has short gray hair, round eyeglasses, brown eyes. He is wearing a white shirt with turn-down collar, black cravat with bow, black coat and waistcoat. In his left hand he holds a large book; using his finger to mark his place. His right arm resting on a table; holding a metal-nibbed pen in his right hand; writing a passage from the King James Bible, Matthew 28:19: "Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of The Son and of the Holy Ghost. " He is seated in a red-upholstered armchair. Graduated brown background. Signed at right under sitter's left arm: "A. Tenney, 1852". Donor's address label on the reverse, top stretcher member. Unframed.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-36 W-29 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret Coe Stearns and Janet Burnham Stearns
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