Painting
- Title:
- Frank Hawthorne Pierce
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1970.029.02
- Creator:
- Tenney, Ulysses D. (1826-1908) -- Artist
- Place of Origin:
- NH
- Date:
- 1875
- Description:
- Portrait of Frank Hawthorne Pierce (1848-1908), by Ulysses D. Tenney (1826-1908), 1875. Oil on canvas. Oval portrait on vertical rectangle canvas. Bust-length portrait of a man, facing right. Sitter has light brown hair. He is wearing a black coat, black stock, white shirt with folded collar corners, two silver studs, and white waistcoat with gold trim. Green background. Signature midway on left side: "U.D.Tenney 1875." Wood frame with burled walnut exterior and gilded molded interior, oval gilded mat with vine and berries interior.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-30 W-25 inches
- Provenance:
- Frank H. Pierce, nephew of President Franklin Pierce, was born in Hillsborough, NH, and practiced law in that town. He served as consul to Cuba under President Grover Cleveland.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase/ Gift of Mary K. Pierce
- Subjects:
- Pierce, Frank Hawthorne, Lawyers
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