Painting
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1977.048.01
- Creator:
- Hodgdon, Sally (1780-1855)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Rochester, NH
- Date:
- 1810
- Description:
- Painting. Untitled, by Sally Hodgdon (1780-1855), 1810. Watercolor and ink on laid paper. Politival cartoon. Informal title: "The Turkish Ambassador." A Turk on the right, flourishing a sword, says (in a balloon), "I'll teach you to insult Turkish ambassadors". His foreign adversary on the left is depicted upended and says (in a balloon), "I won't be treated so. I'll have my way in everything." The Turk is standing; holding a Turkish or yataghan sword in his right hand. He is wearing pointed black shoes, blue trousers, brown coat, and white turban. Man on the left is in the center with legs and arms up. He is wearing black boots, yellow trousers, gray coat with epaulets, and brown sash. His bicorne hat with plume is to the right, along with a sword with gold hilt and tassel.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-9.4 W-7.6 inches
- Provenance:
- This watercolor was sold at an auction of the Hodgdon Homestead in the spring of 1977.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Hodgdon, Sally (1780-1855)
- Subjects:
- Political cartoons, Ambassadors
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