Painting

Title:

House and Shop of Lewis Downing

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1937.006.02

Creator:

Unknown

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1835

Description:

Landscape painting, House and Shop of Lewis Downing (1792-1873), artist unknown, c. 1835. Oil on wood panel. Unpaved road in foreground with man leading horse. White fence with broken gate in center of picture; man pushing wheelbarrow, man with cane, and woman in bonnet on sidewalk. Two large trees center and left. White two-story, Georgian-style house with green shutters, pedimented doorway and two chimneys; attached one-story wings at rear. Other houses along roadway to left of Downing residence in background. Blue sky with wispy clouds. Reverse painted gray with beveled edges; black stenciling at left, and large horizontal ovals drawn with charcoal crayon, center. NHHS paper label with accession information on reverse. Unsigned. In modern wood frame, painted black, with convex gilded center molding.

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

H-16 W-21 inches

Provenance:

Painting passed through wills: Lucy Downing will of 1883 bequest to daughter, Mary Ann Downing; Mary Ann Downing will of 1903 bequest to Ellen Downing Hill; Ellen Downing Hill will of 1917 bequest to Lucy Downing (donor), "Painting of the old home where we have always lived."

Credit Line:

Gift of Lucy G. Downing

People:

Downing, Lewis (1792-1873), Duncan, Dolly, Hill, Ellen Downing (1828-1917), Downing, Lucy G. (1866-1964)

Subjects:

Chase Farm, Concord, NH, Duncan Estate, Lewis Downing House