Painting

Title:

Charles H. Peaslee

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1969.079.06

Creator:

Billings, Edwin T. (1824-1893)Artist

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

circa 1865

Description:

Portrait of Charles H. Peaslee (1804-1866), by Edwin T. Billings (1824-1893), c. 1865. Oil on canvas. Three-quarter length portrait of a man; head turned slightly left. Sitter has gray receding hair to tops of ears and blue eyes. He is wearing a black coat and waistcoat, black stock with bow, and white shirt with high collar. Seated in an armchair with red velvet upholstery lower left. Sitter's right arm rests on arm of chair; sitter's left hand on arm of chair. Signed above right arm: "E.T. Billings." Pencil inscription on frame reverse: " General Peaslee". Brass nameplate on frame: "Gen. Chas. H. Peaslee, Trustee, 1840-1866". Gilded gesso over wood frame, twisted rope exterior molding; fruit and foliage on corners; vertical stripe cove with beaded interior trim.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-39.25 W-32 inches

Provenance:

Portrait presented to the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane by Charles H. Peaslee.

Charles Hazen Peaslee was born in Gilmanton, NH, in 1804 and died in St. Paul, Minn., in 1866. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1828. He was an attorney and member of the N.H. legislature. He was one of the principal founders of the N.H. Asylum for the Insane, and a trustee from the founding until his death.

Credit Line:

Anonymous Gift

People:

Peaslee, Charles H. (1804-1866), Billings, Edwin T. (1824-1893)

Subjects:

Peaslee, Charles H., Mental health, Mental health care, Medicine, Lawyers, Politicians