Painting

Title:

Lyman Thomas Flint

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1953.008

Creator:

Belknap, Zedekiah (1781-1858)Artist

Place of Origin:

Hanover, NH

Date:

1839

Description:

Portrait of Lyman Thomas Flint (1817-1876), attributed to Zedekiah Belknap (1781-1858), 1839. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a young man, facing slightly left. Sitter has light brown hair, rosy cheeks, round face, full lips, and blue eyes. Wearing a black coat, black waistcoat, white shirt with high collar, and black stock. Right hand holding a book, finger between pages. Brownish background with small irregular splotches of dark red. Unsigned. Canvas cut from stretcher; new stretcher and frame, 2009. Beveled tiger maple veneer over poplar frame.

Material:

Textile

Dimensions:

H-27 W-22 D-0.75 inches

Provenance:

Inherited by subject's son, William W. Flint (d.1945) of Concord, NH, who bequeathed painting to his son, William W. Flint, Jr. Donated by the widow of William W. Flint, Jr.

Lyman Thomas Flint was born in Williamstown, VT, September 29, 1817. He was educated at academies in Randolph and Williamstown, VT, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1842. He taught for several years at the academy in Plymouth, where he also studied law with William C. Thompson. He eventually moved to Colebrook, where he continued his studies with Hiram A. Fletcher before being admitted to the bar in 1847. Flint move to Concord in 1854, where he built a large practice as well as serving as city solicitor and Merrimack County solicitor.

Credit Line:

Gift of Dorothea Flint

People:

Flint, Lyman T. (1817-1876), Belknap, Zedekiah (1781-1858)

Subjects:

Education, Lawyers, Teachers, Portrait paintings, Portraits, Flint, Lyman T.