Painting

Title:

Moody Kent

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1969.051.01

Creator:

Billings, Edwin T. (1824-1893)Artist

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

circa 1869

Description:

Portrait of Moody Kent (1779-1866), by Edwin T. Billings (1824-1893), c. 1869. Oil on canvas. Three-quarter-length portrait of a man, facing slightly left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has short gray hair and blue eyes. He is wearing eyeglasses, black coat, black waistcoat and trousers, white shirt with standing collar, and black cravat tied in bow. He is seated on a red-velvet upholstered chair. Sitter's right arm rests on a table with several volumes of books and notebooks. Dark brown background. Signed right on chair: "E.T. Billings". Pencil inscription frame reverse: "Moody / Kent". Brass nameplate on frame: " MOODY KENT". Gilded gesso over wood frame with exterior foliate and berries, corner cartouches, circular cove decoration, and beaded trim interior.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-40 W-33.2 inches

Provenance:

Moody Kent (1779-1866) was born in Newbury, MA, and educated at Harvard. He read law in Amherst and was admitted to the bar in 1804. He first practiced in Deerfield before moving to Concord in 1809.

Credit Line:

Anonymous Gift

People:

Kent, Moody (1779-1866), Billings, Edwin T. (1824-1893)

Subjects:

Kent, Moody, Lawyers, Wealth, Wealthy people