Painting
- Title:
- James Hutchins Danforth
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1974.014.06
- Creator:
- Cole, Joseph Greenleaf (1806-1860)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA or New York, NY
- Date:
- circa 1825
- Description:
- Portrait of James Hutchins Danforth (1817-1902), attributed to Joseph Greenleaf Cole (1806-1858), Boston, MA; c. 1825. Oil on wood panel. Half-length portrait of a boy, facing slightly right; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has short red-brown hair and blue-gray eyes. Wearing a double-breasted dark blue jacket with brass buttons, yellow waistcoat, white collar with ruffle. Sitter's right hand rests on brown book. Seated in a yellow and black painted fancy chair. Red-brown curtain in left background; brown wall at right. Unsigned. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-22 W-16.75 inches
- Provenance:
- The donor, Ann Talbott Miller, was the widow of Danforth Miller, the grandson of George F. Danforth (1819-1899).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ann Talbott Miller
- People:
- Danforth, James H. (1817-1902), Cole, Joseph Greenleaf (1806-1860), Miller, Danforth (1893-1952), Miller, Ann T. (1895-1981)
- Subjects:
- Danforth, James, Children, Childhood & youth, Children's clothing & dress, Boys
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