Painting

Title:

Money / Friend

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1947.007.10

Creator:

Unknown

Place of Origin:

Portsmouth, NH

Date:

1807-1825

Description:

Painting, Money / Friend, by unknown artist, 1807-1825. Pen and ink and watercolor on paper. Stylized flowers and trees upper center, along with flowers and vines surrounding central poems. Poem in center titled, "Money / Friend"; "Had both and a / Of neither thought nor care / Lent my to my / And took his word therefore, / Ask'd my of my / And promises got, / Forc'd my from my / For lose it would not, / So then it came with my / Which pleas'd me wond'rous well, / Had my but my / Away quite from me fell / Had my my best / As had once before / 'd keep my my best / And play the fool no more."; two or three words at left are separated from two words at right and connected by orange watercolor line. Two poems, lower left titled, "Young Gentlemen", and lower right, "Young Ladies." On left and right margins are circles, decorated with green, yellow and orange, listing world events: "Great / Earthquake / in / Lisbon / 1692.", "General / Washington / Born / Feb 11 1732.", "Great / Earthquake / in / Port Royal / 1775.", "Battle / at / Bunker Hill / June 17 / 1775.", "Dark / Day in / America May 19 / 1780.", "King of / France / Beheaded / 1795.", "General / Washington / Died / Decr. 14 / 1799.", "First great / fire in Portsm[outh] / Decr. [ ] 18[ ].", "Tot[al] / Eclipse [of] / the sun / June 16 / 1806.", "Second great / fire in Portsmouth / Decr. 24 / 1806". Watermark of a woman with shield and staff, within oval with crown (see: Notes).

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-12.75 W-15.75 inches

Provenance:

Donor's ancestors on at least three branches of her family lived in the Piscataqua region since the 17th century.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Bertha Vaughan

People:

Vaughan, Bertha (1873-1946)

Subjects:

Earthquakes, Eclipses, Fires, Friendship, History, Money, Poems, Poetry, School, Science, Flowers