Painting
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1955.225
- Creator:
- Tenney, Adna (1810-1900)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- NH
- Date:
- circa 1885
- Description:
- Portrait of unknown man, by Adna Tenney (1810-1900), c. 1885. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a man, facing left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has brown hair parted on right, covers ears, brown eyebrows, and blue eyes. He is wearing wire-rim glasses, gray coat, gray waistcoat, gray trousers, gray tied cravat, and white shirt with high collar. He is sitting in a wooden chair with scroll back. Sitter's left hand holding chair stile; sitter's right hand on book, resting on sitter's leg. Graduated light brown background. Signed on canvas reverse: "A.Tenney." Gilded gesso over wood frame with exterior floral and ribbon molding, floral and arch cove, foliate and floral scrolling interior trim.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-36 W-29 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Tenney, Adna (1810-1900)
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