Bust

Title:

John Taylor Gilman

Object Name:

Bust

Object ID:

1935.006

Creator:

Binon, John B.

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

circa 1820

Description:

Life-size bust of John Taylor Gilman (1753-1828), by John B. Binon. Plaster, hollow. Head turned slightly to subject's left. Back and sides concave below shoulders. Integral rectangular base in the form of a scotia molding, 9.5" wide x 8" deep x 5" high. Pupils and iris of eyes defined. Hair in queue. Wearing unbuttoned coat, vest with stand collar, shirt and neck cloth (or stock) with bow at front. Inscribed on left end of base: "J.B.Binon / Boston," second line of which is hardly legible. Painted ivory.

Material:

Plaster

Dimensions:

H-24 W-17 D-10 inches

Provenance:

Placed in Cincinnati Memorial Hall, c. 1902, by Col. Daniel Gilman (1851-1923), the grandson of Nathaniel Gilman (1759-1847), a younger brother of John Taylor Gilman (1753-1828). Given to the New Hampshire Historical Society by the New Hampshire Society of Cincinnati with the approval of Daniel Gilman's son, Daniel E. Gilman (1889-1978).

Art historian William B. Miller, Colby College, suggested this bust was done posthumously in Portland, Maine, in 1850-1852, and that it was evidently commissioned by Gilman's daughter, Dorothea Folsom (Gilman) Nichols (1784-1831) (Mrs. Ichabod Nichols), wife of the minister of the Unitarian Church in Portland.

Credit Line:

Gift of the New Hampshire Society of Cincinnati

People:

Gilman, John Taylor (1753-1828), Binon, John B., Nichols, Dorothea F. (1784-1831), Gilman, Daniel E. (1889-1978)

Subjects:

Sculpture, Gilman, John Taylor