Painting
- Title:
- Solon Hill
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1983.103.01
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1865
- Description:
- Portrait of Solon P. Hill (1859-1886), unknown artist, c. 1865. Oil on Canvas. Oval bust-length portrait of a child. Sitter has short brown hair; brown eyes. He is wearing a green dress with a wide neckline and gold bands at the shoulders. Blue sky and clouds in background. Unsigned. Paper label on frame with ink inscription: "Probably Solon Hill / 2nd son of James Riggs Hill, / a brother of Cora F. Hill. / He was a graduate of MIT." Gilded gesso over oval wood frame with foliate designs on all sides, foliate interior and raised center rim.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-20.25 W-16 inches
- Provenance:
- The donor, Frances Monroe George, was the daughter of Cora F. Hill (1867-1958) and John I. Monroe.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William L. Monroe, John I. Monroe, and Margaret M. Bolus, in memory of Francis M. George
- People:
- Hill, Solon P. (1859-1886)
- Subjects:
- Hill, Solon, Children, Childhood & youth, Portraits, Portrait paintings
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