Painting
- Title:
- Ira Goodall
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1929.014.02
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1820
- Description:
- Miniature portrait of Ira Goodall (1788-1868), unknown artist, c.1820. Watercolor and ink on ivory. Half-length portrait of a man. Sitter has dark brown hair, brown sideburns, and blue eyes. He is wearing a black coat, white waistcoat, white shirt with high collar, and white cravat with gold pin. Grey hatched background. Unsigned. Paper label with typed inscription on case reverse: "Ira Goodale / Loaned by Mrs. / L.C. Streeter". Rectangular red leather case, velvet lining around edges, not glazed.
- Material:
- Skeletal
Ivory - Dimensions:
- H-3 W-2.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Ira Goodall (1788-1868) was president of the White Mountain Railroad in 1848 and grandfather of the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Loan of Lillian Carpenter Streeter
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