Painting
- Title:
- The First Commencement at Dartmouth College: The Reverend Eleazer Wheelock Receives Governor John Wentworth 1771
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1943.005.02
- Creator:
- Faulkner, Barry (1881-1966)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Keene, NH/New York, NY
- Date:
- 1942
- Description:
- Historical painting (preliminary study for mural in the Senate Chamber of the NH Statehouse), The First Commencement at Dartmouth College: The Reverend Eleazer Wheelock Receives Governor John Wentworth 1771, by Barry Faulkner (1881-1966), 1942. Oil on academy board. In arched panel, gray background. Figure of Governor John Wentworth at Dartmouth. Wentworth in rose-brown suit waving his hat in left hand, holding white horse with right hand. President of Dartmouth, Eleazer Wheelock, book in left hand, greeting Wentworth. Group of people in background, felling trees. Preliminary study for mural painted in NH Senate Chamber. Gray-painted wood frame, unadorned.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas on Wood Board - Dimensions:
- H-25 W-14 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift from the artist. Preliminary study for mural in the Senate Chamber of the NH Statehouse.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Barry Faulkner
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