Painting
- Title:
- Cyrus Parker Bradley
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1913.017
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1880-1900
- Description:
- Portrait of Cyrus Parker Bradley (1818-1838), attributed to Rachel Bradley (1790-1856), 1880-1900. Oil on canvas on aluminum. Bust-length portrait of a man, facing slightly right; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has brown hair, short sideburns, a curl on forehead, large brown eyes, and long nose. He is wearing a black coat and small white collar turned down. Brown background. Unsigned. Gilded gesso over wood frame, exterior beading, center molding painted black.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas
Aluminum - Dimensions:
- H-19.1 W-16.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in collection; assumed to have been given at the same time as four manuscript diaries, 1832-1837: Extracts from the Journal of Cyrus P. Bradley of a trip taken April 12 to October 6, 1835, said to be No. 9 of 12 journals, published in 1906 in Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications, Vol. 15, pp. 207-270, with an introductory note by George H. Twiss and a reproduction of this portrait. Mr. Twiss obtained the journal "through the courtesy of Miss Alice Fletcher, daughter of Arthur Fletcher, an eminent antiquarian and biblioist, to who we are indebted for the preservation of this valuable historical sketch, from which we have been permitted to published the extracts in this Quarterly".
Cyrus Parker Bradley was born in Canterbury, NH, Oct. 20,1818, son of Isaac C. and Rachel Bradley. Moved to Concord in 1829 when his father was appointed State Librarian. In 1830 was admitted to Exeter Academy and attended Dartmouth College for two years, then spent a year in Concord teaching and writing. He organized the "Literary Gazette" with Moody Currier and Asa Fowler, and wrote three articles published in N.H.H.S. Collections, Vol. 5. Went on a trip west with a Dartmouth professor. He returned to Dartmouth and wrote a biography of Isaac Hill. Graduated in 1837, and died the following year, July 6, 1838. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Almira M. Fletcher
- Subjects:
- Bradley, Cyrus, Teachers, Authors, Editor
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