Painting

Title:

William Cleaves Todd

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1907.010

Creator:

Powers, Marion (1880-1963)Artist; Hardie, Robert Gordon (1854-1904)Artist

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1907

Description:

Portrait of William Cleaves Todd (1823-1903), by Marion Powers (1880-1963), 1907. Oil on canvas. Three-quarter-length portrait of a man seated, facing slightly left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has white hair; bald on top, and white moustache. He is wearing a black coat and waistcoat, gray trousers, white shirt with turned-down collar, and black bow tie. He is seated in wooden chair. Red background. Signed upper right corner: "Marion Powers 1907 / AFTER / ROB'T GORDON HARDIE / 1902". Inscription on the stretcher: "Marion Powers / Bartol Boston". Brass nameplate on frame: "William C. Todd. / Marion Powers." Gilded gesso over wood frame with high-relief foliate and berry frame.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-35 W-30 inches

Provenance:

William C. Todd was born in 1823 in Atkinson, NH. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College and principal of Atkinson Academy. He was a member of the state legislature and served as president of the New Hampshire Historical Society from 1898 to 1903.

The painting is a copy by Miss Marion Powers from the original by Robert Hardie, which is in the Public Library at Newburyport, MA.

Credit Line:

Gift of Samuel C. Eastman

People:

Todd, William Cleaves (1823-1903), Powers, Marion (1880-1963)

Subjects:

Education, Principals, School