Painting

Title:

Warren P. Sawyer

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1946.029

Creator:

Conner, James L. (1819-1892)Artist

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1856

Description:

Portrait of Warren P. Sawyer (1835-1854), by James L. Conner (1819-1892), 1856. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a man, facing forward. Sitter has reddish brown hair parted on left, rolled at sides, and high forehead. He is wearing a black coat, white shirt with turn-down collar, and black cravat. Brown background. Unsigned. Painted inscription on back: "PAINTED 1856". Gilded molded wood frame, new 2011.

Material:

Textile
Canvas
Wood

Dimensions:

H-27 W-22 inches

Provenance:

Warren P. Sawyer, son of John Sawyer (1798-1888) and Phebe C. Elliott Sawyer (1801-1855), was born in Penacook, NH, 1835. Died December 22, 1854, of consumption. Donor was distantly related to Warren Sawyer's father's second wife, Hannah Hale.

Found in collection, 1946, when taken from storage; not in early accession books. Bequest, May 1954 (information from Judge of Probate, Worcester, MA. See 1954.1-3.)

Credit Line:

Gift of Philip H. Cook

People:

Sawyer, Warren P. (1835-1854), Conner, James L. (1819-1892), Cook, Philip H. (1878-1954)

Subjects:

Sawyer, Warren, Death, Memento, Memory, Portrait paintings, Portraits