Painting
- Title:
- Nancy Cate
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1926.014.07
- Creator:
- Davis, Joseph H. (1811-1865)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1835
- Description:
- Portrait of Nancy (Scruton) Cate (1815-1884), Strafford, NH, by Joseph H. Davis (1811-1865), c. 1835. Watercolor on paper. Full-length standing portrait of a woman in profile to right. Wearing a black dress with full sleeves, hair comb, drop earrings, and necklace. Holding a book in her left hand and possibly a cap or handkerchief in right hand. She stands on a carpet with floral design. Paper label on backing paper with ink inscription: "Nancy (Scruton) Cate / Born in Strafford, N.H. / September 15, 1815. / Died Nov. 9, 1884". Old NHHS accession label on backing paper, as well as, a printed label with "1". Unsigned. Molded wood frame, painted yellow; glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-9.25 W-6.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Nancy Scruton Cate was born in Strafford, NH, 1815. Daughter of Michael Scruton (1774-1823) and Betsy Hanson (b. 1796). She married William Cate, September 19, 1839. She died in Strafford, November 9, 1884 at the age of 69. Her son, Leslie w. Cate (1857-1915) married Harriet B. Bennett (1862-1926), a younger sister of the donor, Helen C. Bennett (1859-1939).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Helen Champion Bennett
- Subjects:
- Cate, Nancy, Portrait paintings, Clothing & dress
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