Painting
- Title:
- Benjamin Pierce
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1970.021.01
- Creator:
- Pratt, Henry Cheever (1803-1880)
Artist - Date:
- 1829
- Description:
- Portrait of Gov. Benjamin Pierce (1757-1839) by Henry Cheever Pratt (1803-1860), 1829. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait or a man facing right; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has short gray hair, and blue eyes. He is wearing a white cravat, yellow waistcoat, and black coat. Seated in red upholstered chair, left. Dark red and black background. Inscription on reverse: "H.C. Pratt / Pinxt. / 1829". Black painted molded wood frame with interior gilding.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-30.5 W-25 inches
- Provenance:
- This portrait descended from Benjamin Pierce to Franklin Pierce, thence to Franklin's brother, Henry Dearborn Pierce, who left it to his son Kirk D. Pierce and upon his death it descended to his two daughters, Susan H. and Mary K. Pierce.
Receipt for the portrait (1970.021.01) paid by Franklin Pierce to Henry C. Pratt in 1829 in the Franklin Pierce Papers, NHHS Ms. Collection.
Benjamin Pierce, twice Governor of NH, 1827-28, 1829-30. Born Chelmsford, MA, 12/25/1757. Died Hillsborough, NH, 1839. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Pierce, Benjamin, Governors, Portraits, Portrait paintings, Military officers, Militias
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