Painting

Title:

John Conant

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1969.079.08

Creator:

Young, James Harvey (1830-1918)Artist

Date:

1872

Description:

Portrait of John Conant (1790-1877), by James Harvey Young (1830-1918), 1872. Oil on canvas on aluminum. Three-quarter-length portrait of a man, facing right. Sitter has receding gray hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a black coat, black waistcoat, black trousers, white shirt with standing collar, black bow tie, and two brass buttons on shirt front. Sitter's right arm resting on chair's arm; right hand holding brown book in upright position. Sitter's left hand resting on left leg. Mahogany arm chair, possibly in the Federal style, with pierced splat. Graduated green and brown background. Signed in red paint lower right: "JHYoung 1872"; the "JHY" are monogrammed. Gilded gesso over wood frame, stylized leaves and berries with reeding exterior, striped cove with large acanthus leaves corners, Greek key interior molding with nailed keys on corners.

Material:

Textile
Canvas
Aluminum

Dimensions:

H-40 W-33 inches

Provenance:

John Conant was born in Stowe, MA, 1790. Died Jaffrey, NH, 1877. Pioneer in scientific agriculture. Prominent in town and state affairs. Established Conant High School. Endowed School of Agriculture at Dartmouth. Gave $6000 for funding N.H. Asylum for the Insane; superintendant of erection of first buildings; president of first board of trustees.

Credit Line:

Anonymous Gift

People:

Conant, John (1790-1877), Young, James Harvey (1830-1918)

Subjects:

Conant, John, Mental health, Mental health care, Medicine, Agriculture, Scientists