Painting

Title:

Isaac Chandler

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1985.037.01

Creator:

Ingalls, Walter (1805-1874)Artist

Place of Origin:

Somersworth, NH

Date:

1834

Description:

Portrait of Isaac Chandler (1811-1891), of Somersworth, N.H.,attributed to Walter Ingalls (1805-1874), 1834. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a man, facing left. Eyes toward viewer. Sitter has black hair and eyebrows, and brown eyes. He is wearing a white shirt with standing collar, black stock, black waistcoat and coat. Red chair lower right. Dark brown background. Pencil inscription on the reverse, proper left rail of the frame: "Isaac Chandler, painted by Ingalls, Oct 27 1834, aged 23 years". Gilded gesso over wood frame with striped cove.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-24.25 W-18.5 inches

Provenance:

Bequest of Francis C. Thurston (1905-1985), the great-grandson of Isaac Chandler (1811-1891) of Somersworth, NH.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Francis C. Thurston

People:

Ingalls, Walter (1805-1874), Thurston, Francis C. (1905-1985), Chandler, Isaac (1811-1891)

Subjects:

Portraits, Portrait paintings, Textile industry, Textile mill workers, Textile production, Industrialization, Militias, Banks, Banking industry, Banking, Railroads, Businessmen