Drawing, Family Record
- Title:
- A Record of David Willey's Family
- Object Name:
- Drawing, Family Record
- Object ID:
- 1986.083.01
- Creator:
- March, Joseph
Artist - Date:
- 1819
- Description:
- Painting of A Record of David Willey's Family, attributed to Joseph March, 1819. Watercolor and ink on paper. One of two family records of David Willey's (1769-1841) family of Durham and New Durham, N.H. It lists David Willey, his wife Nancy Bennett Willey (1788-1865), with their dates and places of birth, and their six children with dates of birth and death, each within a circle. Done in ink with yellow and green watercolor, decorated with two birds perched on prickly green trees. Large central circle near the top and inside it inscription using both ink and green watercolor: "Records of / David Willey's / family [in ink] HE WAS / BORN [in green watercolor] January 8th 1769 / In Durham County / of Strafford State of / New Hampshire". Upper center circle has a bust-length figure of a man at top. To the left of the circle in ink (cut off): "Nancy / [w]as born. / 88 in Alton / [ ]e said. intermaried (sic). Right side at the top: "Bennett / February 22nd / County & Sta{...} / Jany. 14th 1808". Horizontal yellow border at center. Below border there are 2 rows of circles, 3 circles per row. Top left circle: "Elizabeth / B. Willey / Born Novr. / 3d 1808". Middle circle top row: Sarah Ann / Willey Born Sept. 7 / 1810 Departed this / Life December 7th / 1818." Last circle top row: "Hannah / Willey Born / Decemr 29th 1812". Bottom row of circles first circle on left: "Benjamine / B. Willey Born / May 14th 1815". Central bottom circle: "Ad{..}line / Willey Born / July 18th 1817" / Exit March 12th / 1818". Last circle on right bottom: "Nancy / Willey Born / Febuary (sic) 7th 1819". On the far right side between the row of circles "Decem 18th 1819 / Scripsit". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-15.8 W-12.3 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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